Cryptonanus guahybae

(Tate, 1931)

Guaiba 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 microtarsus guahybae

Other common names

Guahiba Gracile Opossum · Guaíba Mouse Opossum · Guahyba Mouse Opossum

Type material

ZMB 4306

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Island of Guahyba near Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

Taxonomy notes

moved from Gracilinanus to Cryptonanus; split from Gracilinanus microtarsus

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000096

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.

Marmosa microtarsus guahybae

(Tate, 1931)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

guahybae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ZMB 4306

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

10

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Gracilinanus microtarsus guahybae

(A. L. Gardner, 2005)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

guahybae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

Cryptonanus guahybae

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

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

guahybae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

15

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60796538

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Voss, Lunde & Jansa (2005:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60796538) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3917)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:170) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136705) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000096) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136705/197313066) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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