Chacodelphys, VOSS & GARDNER & JANSA, 2004

VOSS, ROBERT S., GARDNER, ALFRED L. & JANSA, SHARON A., 2004, On the Relationships of ‘‘ Marmosa’ ’ formosa Shamel, 1930 (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), a Phylogenetic Puzzle from the Chaco of Northern Argentina, American Museum Novitates 3442 (1), pp. 1-18 : 2

Chacodelphys , new genus

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TYPE SPECIES: Marmosa formosa Shamel (1930b) .

CONTENTS: Only the type species is referred to Chacodelphys .

DIAGNOSIS: As for the type species, below.

ETYMOLOGY: For the Chaco (a subtropical biome in northern Argentina, western Paraguay, and eastern Bolivia) + delphys (uterus), a traditional Greek suffix for New World marsupials.

Figures

Fig. 1. Dorsal and ventral views of the skin of the holotype of Chacodelphys formosa (Shamel), both approximately life size.

Fig. 2. Dorsal, ventral, and lateral views of the skull of Chacodelphys formosa (Shamel), all approximately four times life size.