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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER DIDELPHIMORPHIA
--> FAMILY Didelphidae
--> SUBFAMILY Didelphinae
--> GENUS Monodelphis
SPECIES Monodelphis americana
| Author: | Müller, 1776. | | Citation: | Linné's Vollständ. Natursyst., Suppl.: 36. | | Common Name: | Northern Three-striped Opossum | | Type Locality: | "Brasilien," restricted to Brazil, Pernambuco, Pernambuco, by Cabrera (1958:7). | | Distribution: | E Brazil from the states of Pará south to Santa Catarina. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | | Comments: | The name tristriata Illiger, 1815, is a nomen nudum. Microdelphys tristriatus as used by Burmeister, 1856 (= Didelphys tristriata Olfers, 1818 = Sorex americanus Muller, 1776), is the type species of Microdelphys Burmeister, 1856. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
brasiliensis (Erxleben, 1777)
brasiliensis (Daudin in Lacépčde, 1802)
trilineata (Lund, 1840)
tristriata (Olfers, 1818)
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