Thylamys bruchi
(O. Thomas, 1921)
Dry Chaco Fat-tailed Opossum
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
| Superorder | : incertae sedis |
| Order | : Didelphimorphia |
| Family | : Didelphidae |
| Subfamily | : Didelphinae |
| Tribe | : Thylamyini |
| Genus | : Thylamys |
| Subgenus | : Thylamys |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1921-06-01. Three new species of Marmosa, with a note on Didelphys waterhousei, Tomes. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)7(42):519-523.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/15626950Original name as described
Marmosa bruchi
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1921.4.21.8
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/041cecfc-b14e-4b8b-a022-6ba48fde2422Type locality
Alto Pencoso, San Luis Province, Argentina.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Argentina
Distribution notes
Known only from N Argentina in San Luis, San Juan, Mendoza, La Rioja, Catamarca, and Tucumán provinces.
Taxonomy notes
variously recognized as a synonym of T. pusillus, T. pallidior, or as a distinct species in recent literature, but the taxon is tentatively recognized as a distinct species from T. pusillus based primarily on genetic divergence, despite being morphologically cryptic
Taxonomy notes citation
Teta, P., D'Elía, G., Flores, D. and Sancha, N.D.L. 2009. Diversity and distribution of the mouse opossums of the genus Thylamys (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) in northeastern and central Argentina. Gayana 73(2):180-199. doi:10.4067/s0717-65382009000200003 · Giarla, T.C., Voss, R.S. and Jansa, S.A. 2010. Species limits and phylogenetic relationships in the didelphid marsupial genus Thylamys based on mitochondrial DNA sequences and morphology. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 346:1-67. doi:10.1206/716.1 · Palma, R.E., Boric-Bargetto, D., Jayat, J.P., Flores, D.A., Zeballos, H., Pacheco, V.R., Cancino, R.A., Alfaro, F.D., Rodríguez-Serrano, E. and Pardiñas, U.F.J. 2014. Molecular phylogenetics of mouse opossums: new findings on the phylogeny of Thylamys (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae). Zoologica Scripta 43(3):217-234. doi:10.1111/zsc.12051 · Voss, R.S. 2022. An annotated checklist of Recent opossums (Mammalia: Didelphidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 455:1-74. a#56910 · Martin, G.M. 2025. A chronology of the genus Thylamys (Didelphidae, Thylamyini), with emphasis on the forms occurring in Argentina. Revista del Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales (n.s.)27(2):243-270. doi:10.22179/REVMACN.27.894
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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