Cryptonanus chacoensis

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: Thylamyini
Genus: Cryptonanus
Species: Cryptonanus chacoensis

Name

Cryptonanus chacoensis (Tate, 1931)

• Holotype: BMNH 1904.1.5.48, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by W. Foster on 11 September 1903.
• Type locality: “Sapucay, [Paraguarí province,] Paraguay”.

Combinations

• Marmosa agilis chacoensis Tate, 1931: 10 [original combination]
• Cryptonanus chacoensis: Voss, Lunde & Jansa, 2005: 5 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Gracilinanus ignitus Díaz, Flores & Barquez, 2002: 825 [synonymised by Teta & Díaz-Nieto (2019)]
  • Holotype: AMNH 167852, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by F. Contino on 28 March 1962.
  • Type locality: “Yuto, Departamento Ledesma, Jujuy Province, Argentina (23°38′S, 64°28′W)”.

References

Primary references

• Tate, G.H.H. 1931. Brief diagnoses of twenty-six apparently new forms of Marmosa (Marsupialia) from South America. American Museum Novitates 493: 1–14. hdl: 2246/3835 Reference page. 
• Díaz, M.M., Flores, D.A. & Barquez, R.M. 2002. A New Species of Gracile Mouse Opossum, Genus Gracilinanus (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae), from Argentina. Journal of Mammalogy 83(3): 824–833. DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2002)083<0824:ANSOGM>2.0.CO;2 Reference page. 
• Voss, R.S., Lunde, D.P. & Jansa, S.A. 2005. On the contents of Gracilinanus Gardner and Creighton, 1989, with the description of a previously unrecognized clade of small didelphid marsupials. American Museum Novitates 3482: 1–36. hdl: 2246/5673 Reference page. 
• Teta, P. & Díaz-Nieto, J.F. 2019. How integrative taxonomy can save a species from extinction: The supposedly extinct mouse opossum Cryptonanus ignitus (Diaz, Flores and Barquez, 2000) is a synonym of the living C. chacoensis (Tate, 1931). Mammalian Biology 96: 73–80. DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2019.04.004 Reference page. 

Links

• Teta, P. & Martin, G.M. 2016. IUCN: Cryptonanus chacoensis  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T136845A22177997. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136845A22177997.en. Accessed on 29 April 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Chacoan Mouse Opossum