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--> ORDER DIDELPHIMORPHIA
--> FAMILY Didelphidae
--> SUBFAMILY Didelphinae
--> GENUS Philander
SPECIES Philander frenatus
Author: | Olfers, 1818. | Citation: | In W. L. Eschwege, J. Brasilien, Neue Bibliothek. Reisen., 15: 204. | Common Name: | Southeastern Four-eyed Opossum | Type Locality: | "Südamerica;" restricted to Bahia, Brasil, by J. A. Wagner (1843). | Distribution: | E Brasil southward to Paraguay and adjacent Argentina. | Comments: | Previously included in P. opossum; reviewed by Patton and Silva (1997); frenata Illiger, 1815, and superciliaris Illiger, 1815, are nomina nuda. The spelling quichua Krumbiegel, 1941, is an incorrect subsequent spelling of quica Temminck. Didelphis quica Temminck, 1924 (= P. frenatus) is the type species of Metachirops Matschie, 1916. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
azaricus (Thomas, 1923) quica Temminck, 1824 superciliaris (Olfers, 1818)
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