Thylamys macrurus

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Paraguayan Fat-tailed Opossum

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Olfers, I. von. 1818. Bemerkungen zu Illiger's Ueberblick der Säugthiere, nach ihrer Vertheilung über die Welttheile, rücksichtlich der Südamericanischen Arten (Species). Pp. 192–237 in Eschwege, W.L. (eds.). Journal von Brasilien, oder vermischte Nachrichten aus Brasilien, auf wissenschaftlichen Reisen gesammelt. Zweiter Heft. Privilegirtes Landes-Industrie-Comptoir, 304 pp.

Authority publication link

https://archive.org/details/DELTA54086_2FA/page/n215

Original name as described

Didelphys macrura

Other common names

Long-tailed Fat-tailed Opossum · Paraguayan Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum · Paraguayan Thylamys

Type material

UMMZ 125243

Type kind

neotype

Type locality

"Südamerica." Restricted by R.S. Voss and colleagues in 2009 to "Twenty-eight kilo­meters SW Pedro Juan Caballero, Departamento Anambay, Paraguay."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Paraguay

IUCN Red List status

Near Threatened

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000128

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.

Didelphys macrura

(I. von Olfers, 1818)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

macrurus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 125243

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

205

Authority publication

book

Didelphis grisea

(A. G. Desmarest, 1827)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

griseus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

UMMZ 125243

Type kind

neotype

Authority page

393

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/25312006

Authority publication

Strasbourg

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Marmosa grisea

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

grisea

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 (1982:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Thylamys macrurus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

macrurus

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 (2015:178) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #21867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #21867) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000128) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/21867/22173324) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Didelphys macroura

(Illiger, 1815)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

macroura

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

nomen_nudum

Authority page

107

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963

Authority publication

Abhandlungen der physikalischen Klasse der Königlich-Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften

Name usages

Illiger (1815:107, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11080963) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38688)

Didelphys Marmota

(Oken, 1816)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

marmota

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

inconsistently_binominal

Authority page

1140

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59375887

Authority publication

Jena

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