Philander nigratus
(O. Thomas, 1923)
Black 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. 1923-05-01. New subspecies of Metachirus. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)11(65):602-607.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34355861Original name as described
Metachirus opossum nigratus
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1900.7.7.62
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/371baee0-9624-4136-a8f3-3242a6df7d1dType locality
Utcuyacu, (c.11°12′ S, 75°28′ W) at 1600 m above sea level, Junín department, Peru.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Peru
Taxonomy notes
split from P. andersoni
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
Not Evaluated
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