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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER DIDELPHIMORPHIA
--> FAMILY Didelphidae
--> SUBFAMILY Didelphinae
--> GENUS Chironectes
SPECIES Chironectes minimus
| Author: | Zimmermann, 1780. | | Citation: | Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2: 317. | | Common Name: | Water Opossum | | Type Locality: | "Gujana;" restricted to Cayenne, French Guiana (Cabrera, 1958:44). | | Distribution: | Oaxaca and Tabasco, México, south through Central America to Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Perú, Venezuela, the Guianas, Paraguay, and NE Argentina. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt) | | Comments: | Reviewed by Marshall (1978d, Mammalian Species, 109). The spelling variegatus Illiger, 1815, is a nomen nudum. The spellings memia Desmarest, 1803, memina Boddaert, 1784, memina F. Cuvier, 1825, memmina Desmarest, 1804, and memmina Muirhead, 1819, are incorrect subsequent spellings of minimus Zimmermann. |
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