Philander deltae

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

Orinoco 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

Lew, D., Pérez-Hernández, R. and Ventura, J. 2006-04. Two new species of Philander (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from northern South America. Journal of Mammalogy 87(2):224-237.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1644/05-MAMM-A-065R2.1

Original name as described

Philander deltae

Other common names

Deltaic Four-eyed Opossum · Delta Opossum

Type material

MHNLS 10679

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Sector Gua­ni­pa, Reserva Forestal de Guarapiche, 24.2 km 160° W Capure, Monagas State, Venezuela, coordinates 10°00'N, 62°49'W, 0 m elevation."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela

Distribution notes

Found only in the Orinoco River delta region of NE Venezuela.

Taxonomy notes

recently described; species status hasn't been tested, and the species is retained here until further investigations are conducted

Taxonomy notes citation

Lew, D., Pérez-Hernández, R. and Ventura, J. 2006. Two new species of Philander (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from northern South America. Journal of Mammalogy 87: 224–237. · 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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000028

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

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Philander deltae

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

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

deltae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MHNLS 10679

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

227

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 #136227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136227) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000028) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136227/22177383) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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