Cryptonanus chacoensis

(Tate, 1931)

Chacoan Mouse 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

Authority citation

Tate, G.H.H. 1931-09-26. Brief diagnoses of twenty-six apparently new forms of Marmosa (Marsupialia) from South America. American Museum Novitates 493:1-14.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/169751

Original name as described

Marmosa agilis chacoensis

Other common names

Chacoan Gracile Opossum

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1904.1.5.48

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d9bd2c0e-0073-418a-8328-5f1e00799667

Type locality

"Sapucay" (= Sapucaí), Paraguarí, Paraguay.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Bolivia · Paraguay · Uruguay · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

moved from Gracilinanus to Cryptonanus; split from Gracilinanus agilis and includes ignitus as a snonym

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. · Teta, P., & Díaz-Nieto, J. F. (2019). How integrative taxonomy can save a species from extinction: The supposedly extinct mouse opossum Cryptonanus ignitus (Diaz, Flores and Barquez, 2000) is a synonym of the living C. chacoensis (Tate, 1931). Mammalian Biology, 96(1), 73-80.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000095

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.

Gracilinanus ignitus

(M. M. Díaz, D. A. Flores, & Barquez, 2002)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

ignitus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-167852

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-167852

Authority page

825

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

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

Marmosa agilis chacoensis

(Tate, 1931)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

chacoensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1904.1.5.48

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/d9bd2c0e-0073-418a-8328-5f1e00799667

Authority page

10

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

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

Cryptonanus chacoensis

Voss, D. P. Lunde, & Jansa, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

chacoensis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

14

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60796539

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Voss, Lunde & Jansa (2005:14, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60796539) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3917)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136845) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136845) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000095) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136845/22177997) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Cryptonanus ignitus

Voss, D. P. Lunde, & Jansa, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

ignitus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

16

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60796537

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Voss, Lunde & Jansa (2005:16, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60796537) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3917)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #41320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #41320) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/41320/22177809) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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