Dromiciops gliroides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Microbiotheria
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Cladus: Eugnathostomata Cladus: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Cladus: Stegocephali Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Superordo: Australidelphia Ordo: Microbiotheria

Dromiciops gliroides Thomas, 1894: 187

Holotype: BMNH 1892.5.9.3, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by R O. Cunningham on 20 May 1868.
Type locality: “Huite, N.E. Chiloe Island. 'Taken in the fork of a large tree'”, Chile.

Didelphys australis Philippi, 1893: 32 [preoccupied: Didelphys australis Goldfuss, 1809: 219]
Dromiciops gliroides Thomas, 1894: 187
Dromiciops australis
Dromiciops mondaca D’Elía et al., 2016 [syn. Suárez-Villota et al., 2018]

Thomas, O. 1894. On Micoureus griseus, Desm., with the Description of a new Genus and Species of Didelphyidae. The Annals And Magazine of Natural History. Series 6 14: 184–188. DOI: 10.1080/00222939408677788 BHL Reference page.
Philippi, F. 1893. Un nuevo marsupial chileno. Anales de la Universidad de Chile 85: 31–34. PDF BHL Reference page.
D’Elía, G., Hurtado, N. & D’Anatro, A. 2016. Alpha taxonomy of Dromiciops (Microbiotheriidae) with the description of 2 new species of monito del monte. Journal of Mammalogy 97(4): 1136–1152. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyw068 Reference page.
Súarez-Villota, E.Y., Quercia, C.A., Nuñez, J.J., Gallardo, M.H., Himes, C.M. & Kenagy, G.J. 2018. Monotypic status of the South American relictual marsupial Dromiciops gliroides (Microbiotheria). Journal of Mammalogy 99(4): 803–812. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyy073 Reference page.