Monodelphis peruviana

(Osgood, 1913)

Peruvian Short-tailed Opossum

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Osgood, W.H. 1913. New Peruvian mammals. Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series 10(9):93-100.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4464993

Original name as described

Peramys peruvianus

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:19362

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=0b8b71af-8cfe-46c0-9dc2-ef0744a03af2

Type locality

"Moyobamba," San Martin, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

split from M. adusta

Taxonomy notes citation

Solari, S. (2007). New species of Monodelphis (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) from Peru, with notes on M. adusta. Journal of Mammalogy, 88(2), 319-329.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000076

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.

Peramys peruvianus

(Osgood, 1913)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

peruviana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:19362

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=0b8b71af-8cfe-46c0-9dc2-ef0744a03af2

Authority page

93

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/4464993

Authority publication

Field Museum of Natural History, Zoological Series

Name usages

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

Monodelphis peruviana

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

peruviana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

148

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000193) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000076) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/51342998/51343019) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Monodelphis peruana

L. H. Emmons & Feer, 1990

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

peruana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

28

Authority publication

Chicago

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