Philander
Philander opossum
Taxonavigation
Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Didelphini
Genus: Philander
Species (10): P. andersoni – P. canus – P. deltae – P. mcilhennyi – P. melanurus – P. nigratus – P. opossum – P. pebas – P. quica – P. vossi
Name
Philander Brisson, 1762: 207 [conserved name]
- Type species: Didelphis opossum Linnaeus, 1758, by designation under the Plenary Powers (1998: 64).
- Gender: masculine.
- Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1894 (1998: 65).
Synonymy
- Philander Tiedemann, 1808: 426
- Type species: Philander virginianus Tiedemann, 1808, by subsequent designation by Hershkovitz (1949).
- Sarigua Muirhead, 1819: 429 (part)
- Metachirus Burmeister, 1854: 135 (part)
- Gamba Liais, 1872: 329 (part)
- Zygolestes Florentino Ameghino, 1899: 7 (part)
- Metachirops Matschie, 1916: 262
- Type species: Didelphis quica Temminck, 1824, by original designation.
- Hylothylax Cabrera, 1919: 47
- Type species: Didelphis opossum Linnaeus, 1758, by original designation.
References
Primary references
- Brisson, M.J. 1762. Regnum animale in classes IX. Distributum, Sive, Synopsis Methodica, Sistens generalem Animalium distributionem in Classes IX, & duarum primarum Classium, Quadrupedum scilicet & Cetaceorum, particularem divisionem in Ordines, Sectiones, Genera & Species. Cum brevi cujusque Speciei Descriptione, Cicationibus Auctorum de iis tractantium, Nominibus eis ab ipsis & Nationibus impositis, Nominibusque vulgaribus. Theodorum Haak: Lugduni Batavorum. 7 + 296 pp. BHL Reference page.
- International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1998. Opinion 1894. Regnum Animale ..., Ed. 2 (M.J. Brisson, 1762): rejected for nomenclatural purposes, with the conservation of the mammalian generic names Philander (Marsupialia), Pteropus (Chiroptera), Glis, Cuniculus and Hydrochoerus (Rodentia), Meles, Lutra and Hyaena (Carnivora), Tapirus (Perissodactyla), Tragulus and Giraffa (Artiodactyla). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55(1): 64–71. BHL Reference page.
Additional references
- Lew, D., Pérez-Hernández, R. & Ventura, J. 2006. Two new species of Philander (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from northern South America. Journal of Mammalogy 87(2): 224–237. DOI: 10.1644/05-MAMM-A-065R2.1
Reference page. - Flores, D.A., Barquez, R.M. & Díaz, M.M. 2008. A new species of Philander Brisson, 1762 (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae). Mammalian Biology 73(1): 14–24. DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2007.04.002 Reference page.
- Chemisquy, M.A. & Flores, D.A. 2012. Taxonomy of the southernmost populations of Philander (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae), with implications for the systematics of the genus. Zootaxa 3481(1): 60–72. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3481.1.5 Reference page.
- Voss, R.S., Díaz-Nieto, J.F. & Jansa, S.A. 2018. A Revision of Philander (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), Part 1: P. quica, P. canus, and a New Species from Amazonia. American Museum Novitates 3891: 1–70. hdl: 2246/6839 Reference page.
- Gardner, A.L. & Ramírez-Pulido, J. 2020. Type localities of Mexican land mammals, with comments on taxonomy and nomenclature. Special Publications, Museum of Texas Tech University 73: 1–134. hdl: 10088/103288 Reference page.
Vernacular names
Deutsch: Vieraugenbeutelratten
English: Four-eyed Opossums
español: Zarigüeyas de cuatro ojos
português do Brasil: Cuícas-de-quatro-olhos
English: Four-eyed Opossums
español: Zarigüeyas de cuatro ojos
português do Brasil: Cuícas-de-quatro-olhos
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