Gracilinanus microtarsus

(J. A. Wagner, 1842)

Brazilian Gracile 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

Wagner, J.A. 1842. Diagnosen neuer Arten brasilischer Säugthiere. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1):356-362.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6697574

Original name as described

Didelphys microtarsus

Other common names

Brazilian Gracile Mouse Opossum

Type material

NMW B-2601, NMW B-2602A, NMW B-2602B, NMW B-2615

Type kind

syntypes

Type locality

"Ypanema," São Paulo, Brazil.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Argentina

Taxonomy notes

previously included Cryptonanus guahybae

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000103

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 herhardti

(A. de Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

herhardti

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MN 1226

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

382

Authority publication

Revista do Museu Paulista

Name usages

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

Didelphys microtarsus

(J. A. Wagner, 1842)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

microtarsus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

NMW B-2601, NMW B-2602A, NMW B-2602B, NMW B-2615

Type kind

syntypes

Authority page

359

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/6697574

Authority publication

Archiv für Naturgeschichte

Name usages

Wagner (1847:147, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11387597) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38237)

Marmosa microtarsus

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

microtarsus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

8

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Gracilinanus microtarsus

Hershkovitz, 1992

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

microtarsus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

40

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2865421

Authority publication

Fieldiana Zoology

Name usages

  1. Hershkovitz (1992:40, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/2865421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3921)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  3. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #9421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #9421) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000103) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  7. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/9421/197306376) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Gracilinanus microtarsus microtarsus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

microtarsus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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