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--> ORDER DIDELPHIMORPHIA
--> FAMILY Didelphidae
--> SUBFAMILY Didelphinae
--> GENUS Didelphis
SPECIES Didelphis aurita
Author: | Wied-Neuwied, 1826. | Citation: | Beitr. Naturgesch. Brasil., 2: 395. | Common Name: | Big-eared Opossum | Type Locality: | Brazil, Bahia, "Villa Viçosa am Flusse Paruhype." | Distribution: | E Brazil, SE Paraguay, and NE Argentina. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | Previously considered a disjunct population of D. marsupialis (see Cerqueira, 1985). The senior synonym is D. azarae Temminck, 1824 (see Hershkovitz, 1969); however, the name had been misapplied to D. albiventris for over 160 years. The name leucoprymnus Matschie, 1916, is a nomen nudum; longigilis Ávila-Pires, 1968, is an incorrect subsequent spelling of longipilis Miranda-Ribeiro. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
azarae Temminck, 1824 brasiliensis (Liais, 1872) koseritzi Ihering, 1892 longipilis Miranda-Ribeiro, 1935 melanoidis Miranda-Ribeiro, 1935 typica (Thomas, 1888)
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