Philander melanurus
(O. Thomas, 1899)
Dark 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
Thomas, O. 1899-10-01. Descriptions of new Neotropical mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)4(22):278-288.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25124309Original name as described
Metachirus opossum melanurus
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1897.11.7.61
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/188a9778-9df0-4091-8d7d-38400ca2462bType locality
Paramba, Rio Mira, 1100 m, N Ecuador.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Honduras? · Nicaragua? · Costa Rica? · Panama · Colombia · Ecuador
Taxonomy notes
split from P. opossum
Taxonomy notes citation
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
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