Philander canus

(Osgood, 1913)

Common Four-eyed Opossum

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Osgood, W.H. 1913. New Peruvian mammals. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 10(9):93-100.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465011

Original name as described

Metachirus canus

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:19347

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=5bac7f86-d027-4b4c-a280-55ca4a5e0493

Type locality

Moyobamba, San Martín, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela · Peru · Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay · Uruguay · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

split from P. opossum; includes the recently described mondolfii and olrogi

Taxonomy notes citation

Lew, D., Pérez-Hernández, R., & Ventura, J. (2006). Two new species of Philander (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from northern South America. Journal of Mammalogy, 87(2), 224-237. · Flores, D., Barquez, R. and Díaz, M. 2008. A new species of Philander Brisson, 1762 (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae). Mammalian Biology 73: 14-24. · Voss, R. S., Díaz-Nieto, J. F., & Jansa, S. A. (2018). A Revision of Philander (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), Part 1: P. quica, P. canus, and a New Species from Amazonia. American Museum Novitates, (3891), 1-70.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000027

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.

Metachirus opossum crucialis

(O. Thomas, 1923)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

crucialis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1847.11.22.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/ea4e6d48-27cd-4c8c-97c1-446fb696a822

Authority page

604

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34355862

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

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

Philander olrogi

D. A. Flores, Barquez, & M. M. Díaz, 2008

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

olrogi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CML 561

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

17

Authority publication

Mammalian Biology

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #199832) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/199832/22177217) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Philander mondolfii

Lew, Pérez-Hernández, & J. Ventura, 2006

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

mondolfii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

EBRG 17513

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

229

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:166) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136202) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136202/22176945) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Metachirus canus

(Osgood, 1913)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

canus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:19347

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=5bac7f86-d027-4b4c-a280-55ca4a5e0493

Authority page

96

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4465011

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Philander opossum canus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

canus

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 (2015:167) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Philander canus

Voss, Díaz-Nieto, & Jansa, 2018

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

canus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

38

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57593496

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Voss, Díaz-Nieto & Jansa (2018:38, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/57593496) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34372)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000684) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000027) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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