Metachirus nudicaudatus

Metachirus nudicaudatus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Didelphimorphia 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Cladus: Olfactores
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Metopophora
Cladus: Haptodontiformes
Cladus: Sphenacomorpha
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Pantherapsida
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Eutheriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Epicynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliamorpha
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Cladus: Theriimorpha
Cladus: Theriiformes
Cladus: Trechnotheria
Cladus: Cladotheria
Cladus: Prototribosphenida
Cladus: Zatheria
Cladus: Tribosphenida
Subclassis: Theria
Cladus: Metatheria
Cladus: Marsupialiformes
Infraclassis: Marsupialia
Superordo: Ameridelphia
Ordo: Didelphimorphia

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Metachirini
Genus: Metachirus
Species: Metachirus nudicaudatus

Name

Metachirus nudicaudatus (É. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803)

  • Holotype: MNHN 1990-420, adult ♀, mounted skin and skull, collected by Martin.
  • Type locality: “L'Amérique méridionale”, labeled as “Cayenne”, French Guiana.

Combinations

  • Didelphis nudicaudata É. Geoffroy St.-Hilaire, 1803: 142 [Original combination]
  • Didelphis nudicauda Lesson, 1827: 212 [subsequent combination, incorrect subsequent spelling]
  • Philander nudicaudus Gray, 1843: 100 [subsequent combination, incorrect subsequent spelling]
  • Didelphys (Metachirus) nudicaudata: Trouessart, 1898: 1236 [subsequent combination]
  • Philander nudicaudatus: Pine, 1973: 391 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

Vernacular names

English: Guianan Brown Four-eyed Opossum
suomi: Nelisilmäopossumi
polski: Opos nagoogonowy
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