Dromiciops gliroides

Dromiciops gliroides

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Microbiotheria

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 Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohort: Metatheria Cohors: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Ordo: Microbiotheria

Familia: Microbiotheriidae
Subfamilia: Microbiotheriinae
Genus: Dromiciops
Species: Dromiciops gliroides

Name

Dromiciops gliroides Thomas, 1894: 187

Type locality: "Huite, N.E. Chiloe Island. 'Taken in the fork of a large tree'"; Chile.

Synonymy

• 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]

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Links

• Dromiciops gliroides 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.
• IUCN: Dromiciops gliroides Thomas, 1894 (Near Threatened)

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Chiloe-Beutelratte
English: Monito del Monte
español: Monito del monte
français: Monito
íslenska: Fjallaposa
日本語: チロエオポッサム
Nederlands: Monito del monte
polski: Beztorbik bambusowy
português: Colocolo
svenska: Chiloépungråtta
Türkçe: Chiloé keseli sıçanı
中文: 南𪕨

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