Metachirus nudicaudatus

Metachirus nudicaudatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Didelphimorphia
Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Ordo: Didelphimorphia

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Metachirini
Genus: Metachirus
Species: Metachirus nudicaudatus
Subspecies (5): M. n. colombianus – M. n. modestus – M. n. myosuros – M. n. nudicaudatus – M. n. tschudii

Name

Metachirus nudicaudatus (É. Geoffroy, 1803)

Type locality: French Guiana, Cayenne

Synonyms

• Didelphis nudicaudatus Desmarest, 1817

References

• Metachirus nudicaudatus in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Cat. Mam. Natl. Hist. Nat., Paris, 142.
• Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.)  2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 
• IUCN: Metachirus nudicaudatus (É. Geoffroy, 1803) (Least Concern)

Vernacular names

English: Brown Four-eyed Opossum
suomi: Nelisilmäopossumi
polski: Opos nagoogonowy