Metachirus nudicaudatus (E. Geoffroy 1803)

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 : 12

Metachirus nudicaudatus (E. Geoffroy 1803)

[Didelphis] nudicaudata E. Geoffroy 1803 , Cat. Mamm. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Paris: 142.

Type Locality: French Guiana, "Cayenne." .

Vernacular Names: Brown Four-eyed Opossum.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Metachirus nudicaudatus subsp. nudicaudatus E. Geoffroy 1803

Subspecies Metachirus nudicaudatus subsp. colombianus J. A. Allen 1900

Subspecies Metachirus nudicaudatus subsp. modestus Thomas 1923

Subspecies Metachirus nudicaudatus subsp. myosuros Temminck 1824

Subspecies Metachirus nudicaudatus subsp. tschudii J. A. Allen 1900

Distribution: Nicaragua to Paraguay and N Argentina.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: É. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire's (1803) catalog of the mammals in the Paris Museum was previously considered an unpublished work ( Wilson and Reeder, 1993); therefore, Gardner (1993) dated nudicaudatus from Desmarest, 1817. Geoffroy’s catalog was subsequently placed on the Official List of Works Approved as Available for Zoological Nomenclature (Opinion 2005 of the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, 2002). The names nudicauda Lesson, 1827, and nudicaudus Gray, 1843, are incorrect subsequent spellings of nudicaudatus (É. Geoffroy). The name colombica J. A. Allen, 1901, is an incorrect subsequent spelling of colombianus J. A. Allen.