Monodelphis domestica
(J. A. Wagner, 1842)
Gray Short-tailed Opossum
Taxonomy
Subclass | : Theria |
Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
Superorder | : Ameridelphia |
Order | : Didelphimorphia |
Family | : Didelphidae |
Subfamily | : Didelphinae |
Tribe | : Marmosini |
Genus | : Monodelphis |
Subgenus | : Monodelphis |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Wagner, J.A. 1842. Diagnosen neuer Arten brasilischer Säugthiere. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1):356-362.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6697574Original name as described
Didelphys domestica
Other common names
Brazilian Bare-tailed Opossum · Brazilian Gray Short-tailed Opossum · Gray Opossum · Gray-faced Opossum · Laboratory Opossum · Plain Bare Tail · Short Bare-tailed Opossum · Short-tailed Opossum
Type material
NMW B-2604 through NMW B-2608, BMNH:Mamm:1887.10.25.1, NMW B-2611, NMW B-2612, NMW B-2617, NMW B-2625, ZMB 3195
Type kind
syntypes
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/02da0a6b-4506-491f-831d-17b14b474fb2Type locality
"Cuyaba," Mato Grosso, Brazil.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay · Argentina
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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