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--> ORDER DIDELPHIMORPHIA
--> FAMILY Didelphidae
--> SUBFAMILY Didelphinae
--> GENUS Didelphis
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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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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