Dromiciops gliroides
O. Thomas, 1894
Southern Monito del Monte
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
| Superorder | : Australidelphia |
| Order | : Microbiotheria |
| Family | : Microbiotheriidae |
| Genus | : Dromiciops |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1894-09-01. On _Micoureus griseus_, Desm., with the description of a new genus and species of Didelphyidae. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)14(81):184-188.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/24343441Original name as described
Dromiciops gliroides
Other common names
Chilean Opossum · Colocolo Opossum
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1892.5.9.3
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/eeeba8ac-e99a-4625-91ec-eb4b3ca9610eType locality
"Huite, N.E. Chiloe Island," Región de Biobío, Chile.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Chile · Argentina
Taxonomy notes
includes the recently described mondaca and has included D. bozinovici; recent molecular and morphological work has identified three clades within Dromiciops that were given the names gliroides, bozinovici, and mondaca; there have been numerous studies since 2016, when bozinovici and mondaca were described, both in support and objecting to the recognition of these three species based on various lines of evidence; the most recent of these based on genomic sequence data suggested a two species model, treating bozinovici and gliroides as species and mondaca as a subspecies of gliroides; this is the arrangement followed here, although the systematics of Dromiciops is in considerable flux
Taxonomy notes citation
D'Elía, G., Hurtado, N., & D'Anatro, A. (2016). Alpha taxonomy of Dromiciops (Microbiotheriidae) with the description of 2 new species of monito del monte. Journal of Mammalogy, 97(4), 1136-1152. · Valladares-Gómez, A., Celis-Diez, J. L., Palma, R. E., & Manríquez, G. S. (2017). Cranial morphological variation of Dromiciops gliroides (Microbiotheria) along its geographical distribution in south-central Chile: a three-dimensional analysis. Mammalian Biology, 87(1), 107-117. · Martin, G. M. (2018). Variability and variation in Dromiciops Thomas, 1894 (Marsupialia, Microbiotheria, Microbiotheriidae). Journal of Mammalogy, 99(1), 159-173. · Suárez-Villota, E. Y., Quercia, C. A., Nuñez, J. J., Gallardo, M. H., Himes, C. M., & Kenagy, G. J. (2018). Monotypic status of the South American relictual marsupial Dromiciops gliroides (Microbiotheria). Journal of Mammalogy, 99(4), 803-812. · Quintero-Galvis, J. F., Saenz-Agudelo, P., Amico, G. C., Vazquez, S., Shafer, A. B., & Nespolo, R. F. (2022). Genomic diversity and demographic history of the Dromiciops genus (Marsupialia: Microbiotheriidae). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 168, 107405.
IUCN Red List status
Near Threatened
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