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Monodelphis domestica (gray short-tailed opposum)
Taxonomy
Didelphys domestica was named by Wagner (1842). It is extant.
It was recombined as Monodelphis domestica by Steudel and Beattie (1993), Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was recombined as Monodelphis domestica by Steudel and Beattie (1993), Wilson and Reeder (2005).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1842 | Didelphys domestica Wagner |
| 1993 | Monodelphis domestica Steudel and Beattie |
| 2005 | Monodelphis domestica Wilson and Reeder |
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Monodelphis domestica Wagner 1842 [gray short-tailed opposum]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| Source: subf = subfamily, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Goin 1997, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991 | |||||
Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma
Collections (6 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) | Monodelphis domestica (92813) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Monodelphis domestica (211820 211822) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Piaui) | Monodelphis domestica (71332 71334) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Goiás) | Monodelphis domestica (211821) |