Gracilinanus dryas

(O. Thomas, 1898)

Wood Sprite Opossum

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Ameridelphia
Order : Didelphimorphia
Family : Didelphidae
Subfamily : Didelphinae
Tribe : Thylamyini
Genus : Gracilinanus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1898-06-01. On seven new small mammals from Ecuador and Venezuela. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)1(6):451-457.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19365679

Original name as described

Marmosa dryas

Other common names

Wood Sprite Gracile Mouse Opossum · Wood Sprite Gracile Opossum

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1898.5.15.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e397aaf1-a6b9-4b9f-9b2b-083ebba24c0c

Type locality

"Culata, Merida, Venezuela."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Venezuela

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000100

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 dryas

(O. Thomas, 1898)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

dryas

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.5.15.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e397aaf1-a6b9-4b9f-9b2b-083ebba24c0c

Authority page

456

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19365679

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1933:203) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15868)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Gracilinanus dryas

A. L. Gardner & Creighton, 1989

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

dryas

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34606597

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Gardner & Creighton (1989:6, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34606597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16904)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Hershkovitz (1992:36, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2865417) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3921)
  4. Gardner (1993:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68997)
  5. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  6. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9418) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9418/22169714) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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