Didelphis imperfecta

Mondolfi & Pérez-Hernández, 1984

Guianan White-eared Opossum

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Mondolfi, E. and Pérez-Hernández, R. 1984. Una nueva subespecie de zarigüeya del grupo _Didelphis albiventris_ (Mammalia-Marsupialia). Acta Científica Venezolana 35:407-413.

Original name as described

Didelphis albiventris imperfectus

Other common names

Comadreja

Type material

MHNLS 1751

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"km 125, Carretera El Dorado-Santa Elena, Estado Bolivar, Venezuela."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil

Distribution notes

Guianan Shield of S and E Venezuela, NC Brazil, N Guyana, N Suriname, and NW French Guiana.

Taxonomy notes citation

Lemos, B., & Cerqueira, R. (2002). Morphological differentiation in the white-eared opossum group (Didelphidae: Didelphis). Journal of Mammalogy, 83(2), 354-369. · Cerqueira, R., and Tribe, C. J. (2008). Genus Didelphis Linnaeus, 1758. In: A. L. Gardner, Mammals of South America, Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats. University of Chicago Press, Chicago, pp. 17-25. · Amador, L. I., & Giannini, N. P. (2016). Phylogeny and evolution of body mass in didelphid marsupials (Marsupialia: Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae). Organisms Diversity & Evolution, 16(3), 641-657. · Dias, C. A., & Perini, F. A. (2018). Biogeography and early emergence of the genus Didelphis (Didelphimorphia, Mammalia). Zoologica Scripta, 47(6), 645-654. · Dias, C. A. R., dos Santos Junior, J. E., Pinto, C. M., Santos, F. R., & Perini, F. A. (2021). Mitogenomics of Didelphis (Mammalia; Didelphimorphia; Didelphidae) and insights into character evolution in the genus. Journal of Zoological Systematics and Evolutionary Research, 59(2), 498-509.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000020

Country distribution map

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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.

Didelphis albiventris imperfectus

Mondolfi & Pérez-Hernández, 1984

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

imperfecta

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNLS 1751

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

410

Authority publication

Acta Científica Venezolana

Didelphis imperfecta

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

imperfecta

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 (2015:161) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136592) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000020) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136592/22176554) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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