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 GENUS Monodelphis
 
| Author: | Burnett, 1829. |  | Actual Date: | 1830 |  | Citation: | Quart. J. Sci. Lit. Art., 1829[1830]: 351. |  | Type Species: | Monodelphis brachyura Burnett, 1830 (= Didelphys brachyuros Schreber, 1777, = Didelphis brevicaudata Erxleben, 1777) by subsequent designation (Matschie, 1916). |  | Comments: | Microdidelphys Trouessart, 1898, is an incorrect subsequent spelling of Microdelphys Burmeister. |  |  |  | 
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