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/6697574

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 specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/02da0a6b-4506-491f-831d-17b14b474fb2

Type locality

"Cuyaba," Mato Grosso, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay · Argentina

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000067

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Hemiurus concolor

(P. Gervais, 1855)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

concolor

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1846-598

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

pl. 16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49076385

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Hemiurus Hunteri

(P. Gervais, 1855)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

hunteri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

misidentification

Type

MNHN A.C. A 7607

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

101

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/49076339

Authority publication

Paris

Didelphys domestica

(J. A. Wagner, 1842)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

domestica

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

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-17b14b474fb2

Authority page

359

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6697574

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

  1. Wagner (1847:153, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11387603) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38237)
  2. Giebel (1855:717, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548908) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)

Monodelphis domestica

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

domestica

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

9

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:24) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  4. O'Brien, Menninger & Nash (2006:15) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/7321)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:151) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #40514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #40514) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000067) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40514/197307682) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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