Metachirus nudicaudatus
Appearance

Taxonavigation
[edit]Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Metachirini
Genus: Metachirus
Species: Metachirus nudicaudatus
Name
[edit]Metachirus nudicaudatus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)
- Holotype: MNHN 1990-420, adult ♀, mounted skin and skull, collected by Martin.
- Type locality: “L'Amérique méridionale”, labeled as “Cayenne”, French Guiana.
Combinations
[edit]- Didelphis nudicaudata É. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1803: 142 [Original combination]
- Didelphis nudicauda Lesson, 1827: 212 [subsequent combination, incorrect subsequent spelling]
- Philander nudicaudus Gray, 1843: 100 [subsequent combination, incorrect subsequent spelling]
- Didelphys (Metachirus) nudicaudata: Trouessart, 1898: 1236 [subsequent combination]
- Philander nudicaudatus: Pine, 1973: 391 [subsequent combination]
References
[edit]Primary references
[edit]- Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, É. 1803. Catalogue des mammifères du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle. [Paris.] MDZ Reference page.
Links
[edit]- IUCN: Metachirus nudicaudatus (Least Concern)
Vernacular names
[edit]- English: Guianan Brown Four-eyed Opossum
- suomi: Nelisilmäopossumi
- polski: Opos nagoogonowy