Monodelphis (Microdelphys) gardneri Solari et al., 2012

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Monodelphis (Microdelphys) gardneri Solari et al., 2012

TYPE MATERIAL AND TYPE LOCALITY: MUSM 24216 , the holotype by original designation, consists of the skin, skull, and fluid-preserved carcass of an adult female collected at Abra Esperanza (11.93° S, 71.28° W; 2784 m), Pasco department, Peru .

SYNONYMS: None.

DISTRIBUTION: Monodelphis gardneri is currently known from several localities between 2000 and 3000 m in the eastern Andes of central Peru (Huánuco, Pasco, Junín, and Cusco departments; Solari et al., 2012: fig. 1) .

REMARKS: This is the only member of the subgenus Microdelphys that does not occur in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil; for a discussion of its biogeographic significance, see Pavan et al. (2016). Monodelphis gardneri is the taxon that Pine and Handley (2008: 107) called “ Monodelphis [species C].”