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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER DIDELPHIMORPHIA
--> FAMILY Didelphidae
--> SUBFAMILY Didelphinae
--> GENUS Thylamys
SPECIES Thylamys elegans
| Author: | Waterhouse, 1839. | | Citation: | Zool. H.M.S. "Beagle," Mammalia: 95. | | Common Name: | Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum | | Type Locality: | Chile, Coquimbo, "Valparaiso." | | Distribution: | Chile, on Pacific side of Andes between 32° and 38° S. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Reviewed by Palma (1997, Mammalian Species 572; Palma’s concept of the species further restricted by Solari (2003). The name hortenis Reid, 1837, is a nomen nudum. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
coquimbensis (Tate, 1931)
soricinus (Philippi, 1894)
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