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