Chacodelphys formosa (Shamel, 1930)

Voss, Robert S., 2022, An Annotated Checklist Of Recent Opossums (Mammalia: Didelphidae), Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2022 (455), pp. 1-77 : 41

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https://doi.org/ 10.1206/0003-0090.455.1.1

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7161611

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scientific name

Chacodelphys formosa (Shamel, 1930)
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Chacodelphys formosa (Shamel, 1930)

TYPE MATERIAL AND TYPE LOCALITY: USNM 236330 View Materials , the holotype by original designation, consists of the skin and skull of a young adult male collected at Estancia Linda Vista (25.22° S, 59.78° W; ca. 100 m) on the Riacho Pilagá , Formosa province, Argentina GoogleMaps .

SYNONYMS: muscula Shamel, 1930 (preoccupied).

DISTRIBUTION: All known specimens of Chacodelphys formosa are from Chacoan landscapes in northern Argentina (Chaco, Formosa, and Misiones; Teta et al., 2006; Teta and Pardiñas, 2007)

REMARKS: Chacodelphys formosa is currently known from just a handful of specimens, most of which were recovered from owl vomitus.

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