Monodelphis glirina

(J. A. Wagner, 1842)

Amazonian Red-sided 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 glirina

Type material

NMW B-2626

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Mamoré," Rondônia, Brazil." Restricted by J. A. Wagner in 1847 to "Cachoeira do Pau grande am Mamoré."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Peru · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

includes maraxina

Taxonomy notes citation

Pavan, S. E., & Voss, R. S. (2016). A Revised Subgeneric Classification of Short-Tailed Opossums (Didelphidae: Monodelphis). American Museum Novitates, (3868), 1-44.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000070

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.

Monodelphis maraxina

O. Thomas, 1923

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

maraxina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1923.8.9.9

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1c19dc41-b3e4-434e-aa2f-c09ec49aa241

Authority page

157

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:25) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Didelphys glirina

(J. A. Wagner, 1842)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

glirina

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW B-2626

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

359

Authority page URI

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

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

  1. Wagner (1847:150, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11387600) (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 glirina

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

glirina

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136307) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000070) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/97249272/197321380) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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