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SPECIES Lutreolina crassicaudata

Author:Desmarest, 1804.
Citation:Tabl. Méth. Hist. Nat., in Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., 24: 19.
Common Name:Lutrine Opossum
Type Locality:Paraguay, Asunción, by subsequent restriction (Cabrera, 1958:39).
Distribution:South America in two populations: E Colombia, Venezuela, and W Guyana; E Bolivia, SE Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina south to Provincia de Buenos Aires.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Reviewed by Marshall (1978a, Mammalian Species, 91). The names crassicaudis Olfers, 1815, and mustelina Waterhouse, 1846, are nomina nuda.
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SUBSPECIES crassicaudata

SUBSPECIES turneri

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