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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER DIDELPHIMORPHIA
--> FAMILY Didelphidae
--> SUBFAMILY Didelphinae
GENUS Metachirus
| Author: | Burmeister, 1854. | | Citation: | Syst. Uebers. Thiere Bras., 1: 135. | | Type Species: | Didelphis myosuros Temminck, 1824, by subsequent designation (Thomas, 1888). | | Comments: | Hall (1981) followed Pine (1973) in using the name Philander; see Hershkovitz (1976, 1981) who reaffirmed the use of Philander for the gray four-eyed opossums. Metacherius Sanderson, 1949, is an incorrect subsequent spelling of Metachirus Burmeister. |
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