Cryptonanus agricolai
(Moojen, 1943)
Agricola's Opossum
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
| Superorder | : Ameridelphia |
| Order | : Didelphimorphia |
| Family | : Didelphidae |
| Subfamily | : Didelphinae |
| Tribe | : Thylamyini |
| Genus | : Cryptonanus |
Species status
Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005
Authority citation
Moojen, J. 1943-02-25. Alguns mamíferos colecionados no nordeste do Brasil com a descrição de duas espécies novas e notas de campo. Boletim do Museu Nacional (Zoologia) (n.s.)5:1-14.
Original name as described
Marmosa agricolai
Other common names
Agricola's Gracile Opossum
Type material
MN 1495
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Crato, Ceará," Brazil.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Brazil
Taxonomy notes
moved from Gracilinanus to Cryptonanus
Taxonomy notes citation
Voss, R. S., Lunde, D. P., & Jansa, S. A. (2005). On the contents of Gracilinanus Gardner and Creighton, 1989, with the description of a previously unrecognized clade of small didelphid marsupials. American Museum Novitates, 2005(3482), 1-36.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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