Chironectes minimus

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Water Opossum

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Ameridelphia
Order : Didelphimorphia
Family : Didelphidae
Subfamily : Didelphinae
Tribe : Didelphini
Genus : Chironectes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Zimmermann, E.A.W. von. 1780. Geographische Geschichte des Menschen, und der vierfüßigen Thiere. Zweiter Band. Weygandsche Buchhandlung, Leipzig, 432 pp.

Authority publication link

https://publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de/rsc/viewer/dbbs_derivate_00004650/max/00000330.jpg?logicalDiv=log_81542fc3-7f61-4948-8e52-e8fb9430aee3

Original name as described

Latra minima

Other common names

Yapok

Type locality

"Gujana." Restricted by A. Cabrera in 1958 to "Cayenne, French Guiana."

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Belize · Guatemala · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Trinidad and Tobago · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia · Brazil · Paraguay · Uruguay · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000017

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Chironectes argyrodytes

Dickey, 1928

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

argyrodytes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UCLA Mammals 12986 (= Dickey collection 12986)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/ucla/mammals?id=urn-catalog-ucla-mammals-12986

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34645424

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Chironectes panamensis

E. A. Goldman, 1914

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

panamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:179164

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/30bd5365a-8439-4926-86d7-e52ab544c65e

Authority page

1

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8816375

Authority publication

Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections

Name usages

Goodwin (1946:283) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

Chironectes menima bresslaui

Pohle, 1927

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

bresslaui

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 35441

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

242

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Chironectes palmata

Lesson, 1842

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

palmata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

187

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Lesson (1842:187) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)

Lutra minima

(Giebel, 1855)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

minima

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

706 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548897

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Giebel (1855:706 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)

Cheironectes minimus

Giebel, 1855

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

minimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

706

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548897

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Giebel (1855:706, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)

Lutra sarcovienna

(Giebel, 1855)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

sarcovienna

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

706 (footnote)

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548897

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

  1. Giebel (1855:706 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Chironectes menima

Pohle, 1927

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

menima

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

242

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen naturforschenden Gesellschaft

Chironectes minimus

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

minimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #4671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #4671) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000017) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/4671/22173467) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Chironectes minimus argyrodytes

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

argyrodytes

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Chironectes minimus langsdorffi

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

langsdorffi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

5

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Gardner (2005:5) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Chironectes minimus minimus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

minimus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Chironectes minimus panamensis

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

panamensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Chironectes minimus paraguensis

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

paraguensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

157

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:157) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Latra minima

(E. A. W. von Zimmermann, 1780)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

minimus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

317

Authority page URI

https://publikationsserver.tu-braunschweig.de/rsc/viewer/dbbs_derivate_00004650/max/00000330.jpg?logicalDiv=log_81542fc3-7f61-4948-8e52-e8fb9430aee3

Authority publication

Leipzig

Lutra Menima

(P. Boddaert, 1785)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

menima

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

168

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/28230132

Authority publication

Rotterdam

Mustela Lutra guianensis

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

guianensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

174

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664198

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Mustela Lutra paraguensis

(Kerr, 1792)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

paraguensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

172

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/38664196

Authority publication

Edinburgh

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Lutra gujanensis

(Link, 1795)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

gujanensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Authority page

84

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/46272960

Authority publication

Rostock

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Didelphis memina

(G. Cuvier, 1797)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

memina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

125

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637207

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Cuvier (1797:125, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11637207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38531)

Lutra Saricovienna

(G. K. Shaw, 1800)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

saricovienna

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

447

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19632553

Authority publication

London

Mustela cayennensis

(Turton, 1800)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

cayennensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

58

Authority publication

Swansea

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Didelphis palmata

(Daudin, 1802)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

palmatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

152

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033402

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Daudin (1802:152, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/42033402) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/64044)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Lutra memia

(A. G. Desmarest, 1803)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

memia

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

147

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Didelphis memmina

(A. G. Desmarest, 1804)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

memmina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

507

Authority publication

Nouveau Dictionnaire d'Histoire Naturelle

Chironectes variegatus

Illiger, 1815

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

variegatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Didelphys Lutreola

(Oken, 1816)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

lutreola

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

inconsistently_binominal

Authority page

1134

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59375881

Authority publication

Jena

Chironectes variegatus

I. von Olfers, 1818

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

variegatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

206

Authority publication

book

Name usages

  1. Fitzinger (1855:459) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/65926)
  2. Giebel (1855:706 (footnote), https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548897) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)
  3. True (1885:587, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/7306381) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35039)
  4. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Sarigua memmima

(Muirhead, 1819)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

memmima

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

329

Authority publication

Edinburgh

chironectes yapock

A. G. Desmarest, 1821

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

yapock

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

261

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39524025

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:214, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

chironectes memina

F. Cuvier, 1825

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

memina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · incorrect_subsequent_spelling

Authority page

252

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Chironectes Langsdorffii

Boitard, 1841

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

langsdorffii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Authority page

288

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16650368

Authority publication

Paris

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