Monodelphis brevicaudata (Erxleben 1777)

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 : 14

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[Monodelphis] brevicaudata ( Erxleben 1777) , Systema Regni Animalis, Vol. 1: 80.

Type Locality: "In Americae australis silvis;" restricted to Surinam by Matschie (1916).

Vernacular Names: Northern Red-sided Opossum.

Synonyms: Monodelphis brachyuros ( Schreber 1777) ; Monodelphis dorsalis (J. A. Allen 1904) ; Monodelphis hunteri (Waterhouse 1841) ; Monodelphis orinoci (Thomas 1899) ; Monodelphis sebae ( Gray 1827) ; Monodelphis surinamensis (Zimmermann 1780) ; Monodelphis touan (Bechstein 1800) ; Monodelphis touan ( Shaw 1800) ; Monodelphis touan (Daudin in Lacépède 1802) ; Monodelphis tricolor (E. Geoffroy 1803) .

Distribution: Venezuela, the Guianas, and adjacent Brasil.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Voss et al. (2001), who restricted the name to populations in the Guiana Region of northern South America. The name orinoci (Thomas) has been applied to populations in the Venezuelan Llanos north and west of the Orinoco by several authors (e.g., Reig et al., 1977; Linares, 1998). Apparently, that population lacks a name. The name brachyura Burnett, 1830 , is an incorrect subsequent spelling of b rachyuros (Schreber).