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--> ORDER DIDELPHIMORPHIA
--> FAMILY Didelphidae
--> SUBFAMILY Didelphinae
--> GENUS Metachirus
SPECIES Metachirus nudicaudatus
Author: | É. Geoffroy, 1803. | Citation: | Cat. Mam. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Paris: 142. | Common Name: | Brown Four-eyed Opossum | Type Locality: | French Guiana, "Cayenne." | Distribution: | Nicaragua to Paraguay and N Argentina. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | Comments: | É. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire's (1803) catalog of the mammals in the Paris Museum was previously considered an unpublished work (Wilson and Reeder, 1993); therefore, Gardner (1993) dated nudicaudatus from Desmarest, 1817. Geoffroy’s catalog was subsequently placed on the Official List of Works Approved as Available for Zoological Nomenclature (Opinion 2005 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 2002). The names nudicauda Lesson, 1827, and nudicaudus Gray, 1843, are incorrect subsequent spellings of nudicaudatus (É. Geoffroy). The name colombica J. A. Allen, 1901, is an incorrect subsequent spelling of colombianus J. A. Allen. |
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