Lutreolina massoia

Martínez-Lanfranco, D. Flores, Jayat, & D'Elía, 2014

Massoia's Lutrine Opossum

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Martínez-Lanfranco, J.A., Flores, D., Jayat, J.P. and D'Elía, G. 2014-04-15. A new species of lutrine opossum, genus Lutreolina Thomas (Didelphidae), from the South American Yungas. Journal of Mammalogy 95(2):225-240.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1644/13-MAMM-A-246

Original name as described

Lutreolina massoia

Type material

MACN-Ma 25333

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Arroyo El Saltón, Remanso del Gallego, Reserva Provincial Santa Ana, 455 m above sea level (27° 26' 16.26" S, 65° 46' 33.6" W," Río Chico Department, Tucumán, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

recently described, populations previously included under L. crassicaudata

Taxonomy notes citation

Martínez-Lanfranco, J. A., Flores, D., Jayat, J. P., & D'Elia, G. (2014). A new species of lutrine opossum, genus Lutreolina Thomas (Didelphidae), from the South American Yungas. Journal of Mammalogy, 95(2), 225-240.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000025

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

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Lutreolina massoia

Martínez-Lanfranco, D. Flores, Jayat, & D'Elía, 2014

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

massoia

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MACN-Ma 25333

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

229

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:159) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000164) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000025) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/95740145/166526155) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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