Micoureus paraguayanus Tate 1931

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Didelphimorphia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 3-18 : 13

Micoureus paraguayanus Tate 1931

Micoureus paraguayanus Tate 1931 , Am. Mus. Novit., 493: 1.

Type Locality: Paraguay, Guairá, "Villa Rica." .

Vernacular Names: Tate's Woolly Mouse Opossum.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Micoureus paraguayanus subsp. paraguayanus Tate 1931

Subspecies Micoureus paraguayanus subsp. travassosi Miranda-Ribeiro 1936

Distribution: E Brazil from Minas Gerais and S Bahia south to Rio Grande do Sul and E Paraguay.

Discussion: Previously included under Marmosa cinerea ; original name Didelphis cinerea Temminck, 1824 , preoccupied by D. cinerea Goldfuss, 1812 . Included in M. demerarae by Gardner (1993); see review by Patton and Costa (2003).