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GENUS Philander
Author: | Brisson, 1762. | Citation: | Regnum animale: 13. | Type Species: | Didelphis opossum Linnaeus, 1758, by plenary action (Opinion 1894 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 1998). | Comments: | Pine (1973) used Metachirops for this genus, as did Hall (1981), Husson (1978), and Corbet and Hill (1980; but not 1991 when they used Philander). |
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