Thylamys

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Didelphimorphia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa 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 Cladus: 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 Ordo: Didelphimorphia

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Thylamyini
Genus: Thylamys
Subgenera (2): T. (Thylamys) – T. (Xerodelphys)
Species (12): T. bruchi – T. citellus – T. elegans – T. karimii – T. macrurus – T. pallidior – T. pulchellus – T. pusillus – T. sponsorius – T. tatei – T. velutinus – T. venustus

Name

Thylamys Gray, 1843

• Type species: Didelphis elegans Waterhouse, 1839

Synonyms

• Grymaeomys Burmeister, 1854
• Microdelphys Burmeister, 1856
• Sarigua Muirhead, 1819

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1843. List of the specimens of Mammalia in the collection of the British Museum. London: British Museum. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Boric-Bargetto, D., Zúñiga-Reinoso, A., Cancino, R.A., González-Acuña, D., Rodríguez-Serrano, E., Palma, R.E. & Bautista-Hernandez, C.E. 2016. Phylogenetic evaluation of taxonomic definition of didelphid mouse opossum of the genus Thylamys from valleys of Coquimbo region, Chile. Zootaxa 4105(4): 339–352. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.4.3. Reference page. 
• List Specimens Mamm. Coll. Brit. Mus., p. 101
• Thylamys 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.
• 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. 

Vernacular names

• English: Fat-tailed Mouse Opossums