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SPECIES Didelphis albiventris

Author:Lund, 1840.
Citation:K. Dansk. Vid. Selsk. Afhandl. [preprint of Lund, 1841]: 20.
Common Name:White-eared Opossum
Type Locality:Brazil, Minas Gerais, "Rio das Velhas," Lagoa Santa.
Distribution:Colombia, Ecuador, Perú, Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, and the northern half of Argentina.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Formerly known as D. azarae; see Hershkovitz (1969). Didelphis paraguayensis J. A. Allen, 1902, ex Oken, 1816 (= Didelphis albiventris Lund) is the type species of Leucodidelphis Ihering, 1914.
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Synonyms:

    antigua Ameghino, 1889
    bonariensis (Marelli, 1930)
    brasiliensis (Liais, 1872)
    dennleri (Marelli, 1930)
    lechei (Ihering, 1892)
    leucotis (Wagner, 1847)
    paraguayensis (J. A. Allen, 1902)
    poecilonota (Schinz, 1844)
    poecilotis Wagner, 1842

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