Gracilinanus peruanus

(Tate, 1931)

Peruvian 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

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 peruana

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1927.11.1.268

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a9005cdf-7290-43ca-89d7-04adbcfd1b31

Type locality

Tingo Maria, Rio Huallaga, 200 ft, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru · Bolivia · Brazil

Taxonomy notes

split from G. agilis

Taxonomy notes citation

Semedo, T. B. F., Brandão, M. V., Carmignotto, A. P., Da Silva Nunes, M., Farias, I. P., Da Silva, M. N. F., & Rossi, R. V. (2015). Taxonomic status and phylogenetic relationships of Marmosa agilis peruana Tate, 1931 (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae), with comments on the morphological variation of Gracilinanus from central-western Brazil. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 173(1), 190-216.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000104

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 agilis buenavistae

(Tate, 1931)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

buenavistae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1926.12.4.91

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/323dc6af-b13a-4c81-b065-e48ba7ebadaf

Authority page

10

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Tate (1933:197) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15868)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Marmosa agilis peruana

(Tate, 1931)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

peruanus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1927.11.1.268

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/a9005cdf-7290-43ca-89d7-04adbcfd1b31

Authority page

11

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Tate (1933:198) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15868)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Marmosa agils peruania

(Tate, 1933)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

peruania

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

pl. 11 (legend)

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1933:pl. 11 (legend)) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15868)

Gracilinanus agilis buenavistae

S. Anderson, 1997

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

buenavistae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

147

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Anderson (1997:147) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)

Gracilinanus peruanus

Mammal Diversity Database, 2018

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

peruanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page

ID #100000115

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000115) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000104) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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