Monodelphis dimidiata

(J. A. Wagner, 1847)

Orange-sided Opossum

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Ameridelphia
Order : Didelphimorphia
Family : Didelphidae
Subfamily : Didelphinae
Tribe : Marmosini
Genus : Monodelphis
Subgenus : Monodelphiops

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Wagner, J.A. 1847. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Säugthiere Amerika's. Erste Abtheilung. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (mathematisch-physikalische Classe)5(1):119-208.

Original name as described

Didelphys dimidiata

Other common names

Eastern Short-tailed Opossum · Red-sided Short-tailed Opossum · Southern Short-tailed Opossum · Shrewish Short-tailed Opossum · Yellow-sided Opossum

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.72

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Maldonado am la Plata," Maldonado, Uruguay.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Paraguay · Argentina · Uruguay

Taxonomy notes

includes sorex; likely includes the name brevicaudis as a senior synonym, although the name dimidiata is tentatively retained for now

Taxonomy notes citation

Vilela, J. F., Russo, C. D. M., & Oliveira, J. D. (2010). An assessment of morphometric and molecular variation in Monodelphis dimidiata (Wagner, 1847)(Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae). Zootaxa, 2646(1), 26-42.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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