Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus, 1758

Alfred L. Gardner, 1993, Order Didelphimorphia, Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London: Smithsonian Institution Press, pp. 15-23 : 16-17

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Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus, 1758 View in CoL . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:54 View Cited Treatment .

TYPE LOCALITY: "America;" restricted to Surinam ( Thomas, 1911a) .

DISTRIBUTION: Tamaulipas, México, south throughout Central and South America to Peru, Bolivia, and Brazil.

SYNONYMS: austroamericana J. A. Allen, 1902 (not available from Oken, 1816); battyi J. A. Allen, 1902; cancrivora Gmelin, 1788; caucae J. A. Allen, 1900; colombica J. A. Allen, 1900; etensis J. A. Allen, 1902; insularis J. A. Allen, 1902; karkinophaga Zimmermann, 1780; mesamericana J. A. Allen, 1902 (part; not available from Oken, 1816); particeps Goldman, 1917; richmondi J. A. Allen, 1901; tabascensis J. A. Allen, 1901; typica Thomas, 1888 (part).

COMMENTS: Revised by Gardner (1973).

Kingdom	Animalia
Phylum	Chordata
Class	Mammalia
Order	Didelphimorphia
Family	Didelphidae
Genus	Didelphis