Thylamys karimii

(Petter, 1968)

Karimi's Fat-tailed Opossum

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Petter, F. 1968. Une sarigue nouvelle du Nord-Est du Brésil, _Marmosa karimii_ sp. nov. (Marsupiaux, Didelphidés). Mammalia 32(3):313-316.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1968.32.3.313

Original name as described

Marmosa karimii

Other common names

Karimi's Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum · Karimi's Thylamys

Type material

MNHN 1968-148

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"région d'Exu, Pernambuco, Brazil."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000127

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 karimii

(Petter, 1968)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

karimii

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MNHN 1968-148

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

313

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Thylamys karimii

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

karimii

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136653) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000127) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136653/197308408) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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