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.

Original 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 locality

"Cuyaba," Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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