Metachirus myosuros

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Didelphimorphia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Ordo: Didelphimorphia

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Metachirini
Genus: Metachirus
Species: Metachirus myosuros

Name

Metachirus myosuros (Temminck, 1824)

• Lectotype: NHMW B-2589, juvenile ♀, skin and skull. [designated by Pohle (1927: 242)]
• Type locality: “Brésil [=Brazil]”, restricted to “Ipanema, São Paulo”, by Pohle (1927: 242).

Combinations

• Didelphis myosuros Temminck, 1824: 38 [original combination]
• Didelphys (Metachirus) myosurus: Burmeister, 1854: 135 [subsequent combination, incorrect subsequent spelling]
• Metachirus nudicaudatus myosurus Thomas, 1923: 606 [subsequent combination, incorrect subsequent spelling]
• Metachirus myosuros: Voss, Fleck & Jansa, 2019: 41 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Temminck, C.J. 1824. Deuxième Monographie. Sur le genre Sarigue (I) – Didelphis. (Linn.). Pp. 21–54 in Temminck, C.J. Monographies de Mammalogie, ou description de quelques genres de Mammifères, dont les espèces ont été observées dans les différens musées de l'Europe. Tome Premier. G. Dufour et E. d'Ocagne: Paris. BnF Gallica GoogleBooks. Reference page. 
• Voss, R.S., Fleck, D.W. & Jansa, S.A. 2019. Mammalian diversity and Matses ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru. Part 3: marsupials (Didelphimorphia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 432: 1–90. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.432.1.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Common Brown Four-eyed Opossum