Metachirus aritanai
C. L. Miranda, M. D. S. Nunes, A. F. Machado, Farias, Menezes, Ardente, dos Santos-Filho, Bredin, & M. N. F. da Silva, 2023
Aritana's Brown Four-eyed Opossum
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
| Superorder | : Ameridelphia |
| Order | : Didelphimorphia |
| Family | : Didelphidae |
| Subfamily | : Didelphinae |
| Tribe | : Metachirini |
| Genus | : Metachirus |
Species status
Authority citation
Miranda, C.L., Nunes, M.D.S., Machado, A.F., Farias, I.P., Menezes, F.H., Ardente, N.C., Santos-Filho, M. dos, Bredin, Y.K. and Silva, M.N.F. da. 2023-01-10. A new species of jupati, genus Metachirus Burmeister 1854 (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) for the Brazilian Amazon. Mammalia 87(2):172-189.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2021-0176Original name as described
Metachirus aritanai
Type material
INPA 2831
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Tapirapé-Aquiri National Forest, municipality of Marabá, state of Pará, Brazil (05° 46′ 53.10″ S; 50° 31′ 48.60″ W)."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Brazil
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Miranda, C. L., Nunes, M. D. S., Fabrício Machado, A., Farias, I. P., Menezes, F. H., Ardente, N. C., ... & da Silva, M. N. F. (2023). A new species of jupati, genus Metachirus Burmeister 1854 (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) for the Brazilian Amazon. Mammalia, XX, XX-XX.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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