Philander vossi
A. L. Gardner & Ramírez-Pulido, 2020
Northern Four-eyed Opossum
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
| Superorder | : Ameridelphia |
| Order | : Didelphimorphia |
| Family | : Didelphidae |
| Subfamily | : Didelphinae |
| Tribe | : Didelphini |
| Genus | : Philander |
Species status
Authority citation
Gardner, A.L. and Ramírez-Pulido, J. 2020-01-09. Type localities of Mexican land mammals, with comments on taxonomy and nomenclature. Special Publications, Museum of Texas Tech University 73:1-134.
Authority publication link
https://repository.si.edu/handle/10088/103288Original name as described
Philander vossi
Type material
USNM:MAMM:58158
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3d75b434c-e325-4838-9491-20b81f2c84c2Type locality
Orizaba, Veracruz, Mexico.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Mexico · Belize · El Salvador · Honduras? · Nicaragua? · Guatemala? · Costa Rica?
Distribution notes
Confirmed from E and S Mexico (from Tamaulipas through Oaxaca and the Isthmus of Tehuantepec to Chiapas and the Yucatan Peninsula), Belize, and El Salvador, but may include populations from Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras, and Costa Rica, which may also be _P. melanurus_.
Taxonomy notes
split from P. opossum as P. pallidus but was subsequently renamed since P. pallidus is preoccupied.
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. · Gardner, A.L., and J. Ramírez-Pulido. 2020. Type localities of Mexican land mammals, with comments on taxonomy and nomenclature. Special Publications of the Museum of Texas Tech University 73: 1–134.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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