Philander andersoni
(Osgood, 1913)
Anderson's Four-eyed Opossum
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
| Superorder | : Ameridelphia |
| Order | : Didelphimorphia |
| Family | : Didelphidae |
| Subfamily | : Didelphinae |
| Tribe | : Didelphini |
| Genus | : Philander |
Species status
Authority citation
Osgood, W.H. 1913-05-31. New Peruvian mammals. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 10(9):93-100.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465010Original name as described
Metachirus andersoni
Other common names
Black Four-eyed Opossum
Type material
FMNH:Mamm:19655
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Yurimaguas, [Loreto], Peru."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia · Venezuela · Brazil · Ecuador · Peru
Distribution notes
NW Amazon Basin of S Venezuela, S Colombia, E Ecuador, NE and E Peru, and NW Brazil.
Taxonomy notes
previously included P. nigratus
Taxonomy notes citation
Voss, R. S., & Giarla, T. C. (2020). A Revision of Philander (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), Part 2: Phylogenetic Relationships and Morphological Diagnosis of P. nigratus Thomas, 1923. American Museum Novitates, 3955, 1-16.
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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