Philander opossum (Linnaeus 1758)

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 : 16

Philander opossum (Linnaeus 1758)

[Didelphis] opossum Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 55 .

Type Locality: "America;" restricted to Surinam by J. A. Allen (1900) and further restricted to Paramaribo, Surinam, by Matschie (1916).

Vernacular Names: Gray Four-eyed Opossum.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Philander opossum subsp. opossum Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Philander opossum subsp. canus Osgood 1913

Subspecies Philander opossum subsp. fuscogriseus J. A. Allen 1900

Subspecies Philander opossum subsp. melanurus Thomas 1899

Distribution: Tamaulipas, México, through Central and South America to Bolivia and SC Brazil.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Corbet and Hill (1980), Hall (1981), Husson (1978), and Pine (1973) used Metachirops opossum for this species. Reviewed by Castro-Arellano et al. (2000, Mammalian Species, 638). The name D. larvata Jentink, 1888 , is a nomen nudum. Didelphis opossum Linnaeus, 1758 , is the type species for Holothylax Cabrera, 1919 .