Monodelphis (Mygalodelphys) pinocchio Pavan, 2015

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Monodelphis (Mygalodelphys) pinocchio Pavan, 2015

TYPE MATERIAL AND TYPE LOCALITY: MN 78680, the holotype by original designation, consists of the skin, skull, and postcranial skeleton of an adult male collected at the Reserva Forestal do Morro Grande (23.06° S, 46.92° W), São Paulo state, Brazil.

SYNONYMS: None (but see Remarks for unavailable or informal names by which this species was previously known).

DISTRIBUTION: Monodelphis pinocchio occurs in montane forests from about 790 to 2400 m in southeastern Brazil, where it has been collected in the states of Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, and São Paulo ( Pavan, 2015: fig. 2).

REMARKS: See Pavan (2015) for illustrations, measurements, and morphological comparisons with other species in the subgenus Mygalodelphys . This is a morphologically distinctive species that was recognized as such long before it was formally described. It was previously called “ Monodelphis macae ” (an unavailable manuscript name) by Gomes (1991), “ Monodelphis [species E]” by Pine and Handley (2008), and “ Monodelphis species 1 ” by Pavan et al. (2014).