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Philander opossum  (Linnaeus, 1758)
Taxonomic Serial No.: 552584

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 Taxonomy and Nomenclature
       
  Kingdom: Animalia  
  Taxonomic Rank: Species  
  Synonym(s): Philander frenatus (Olfers, 1818)
  
    Philander opossum fuscogriseus (J. A. Allen, 1900)
  
    Philander opossum opossum (Linnaeus, 1758)
  
    Didelphys frenata Olfers, 1818
  
    Didelphis opossum Linnaeus, 1758
  
    Philander opossum pallidus J. A. Allen, 1901
  
  Common Name(s): Tlacuache-cuatrojos gris [Spanish]
  
    Gray Four-eyed Opossum [English]
  
    cuíca [Portuguese]
  
       
  Taxonomic Status:    
  Current Standing: valid  
       
  Data Quality Indicators:    
  Record Credibility Rating: verified - standards met  
       

 Taxonomic Hierarchy
       
 KingdomAnimalia  – Animal, animaux, animals  
    SubkingdomBilateria  – triploblasts  
       InfrakingdomDeuterostomia   
          PhylumChordata  – cordés, cordado, chordates  
             SubphylumVertebrata  – vertebrado, vertébrés, vertebrates  
                InfraphylumGnathostomata   
                   SuperclassTetrapoda   
                      ClassMammalia Linnaeus, 1758 – mammifères, mamífero, mammals  
                         SubclassTheria Parker and Haswell, 1897  
                            InfraclassMetatheria Huxley, 1880  
                               OrderDidelphimorphia Gill, 1872 – didelfimorfo, American marsupials, marsupial  
                                  FamilyDidelphidae Gray, 1821 – opossoms, American opossums  
                                     SubfamilyDidelphinae Gray, 1821  
                                        TribeDidelphini Gray, 1821  
                                           GenusPhilander Brisson, 1762 – black four-eyed opossums, gray four-eyed opossums  
                                              SpeciesPhilander opossum (Linnaeus, 1758) – Tlacuache-cuatrojos gris, Gray Four-eyed Opossum, cuíca  
       

 References
       
  Expert(s):    
  Expert: Alfred L. Gardner  
  Notes: Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA   
  Reference for: Philander opossum    
       
  Other Source(s):    
  Source: Comisión Nacional para el Conocimiento y Uso de la Biodiversidad, database (version undefined)  
  Acquired: 2001   
  Notes: CONABIO: (http://www.conabio.gob.mx/)   
  Reference for: Tlacuache-cuatrojos gris[Spanish]   
       
  Publication(s):    
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Burgin, Connor J., Don E. Wilson, Russell A. Mittermeier, Anthony B. Rylands, et al.  
  Publication Date: 2020   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Illustrated Checklist of the Mammals of the World. Vol. 1. Monotremata to Rodentia   
  Page(s): 631   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-16728-343   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Philander opossum, Gray Four-eyed Opossum [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Voss, Robert S., Juan F. Díaz-Nieto, and Sharon A. Jansa  
  Publication Date: 2018   
  Article/Chapter Title: A Revision of Philander (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), Part 1: P. quica, P. canus, and a New Species from Amazonia   
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: American Museum Novitates, vol. 3891   
  Page(s): 1-70   
  Publisher:    
  Publication Place:    
  ISBN/ISSN: 0003-0082   
  Notes: doi: 10.1206/3891.1   
  Reference for: Philander opossum   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 1993   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing   
  Page(s): xviii + 1207   
  Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press   
  Publication Place: Washington, DC, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 1-56098-217-9   
  Notes: Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing   
  Reference for: Philander opossum   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2005   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2   
  Page(s): 2142   
  Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press   
  Publication Place: Baltimore, Maryland, USA   
  ISBN/ISSN: 0-8018-8221-4   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Philander opossum, Gray Four-eyed Opossum [English]   
       
  Author(s)/Editor(s): Wilson, Don E., and Russell A. Mittermeier, eds.  
  Publication Date: 2015   
  Article/Chapter Title:    
  Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.: Handbook of the Mammals of the World, vol. 5. Monotremes and Marsupials   
  Page(s): 1-799   
  Publisher: Lynx Edicions   
  Publication Place: Barcelona, Spain   
  ISBN/ISSN: 978-84-96553-996   
  Notes:    
  Reference for: Philander opossum, Gray Four-eyed Opossum [English]   
       

 Geographic Information
       
  Geographic Division: Middle America  
    South America  
       
  Jurisdiction/Origin:    
 

 

    

 Comments
       
  Comment: Status: IUCN - Lower Risk (lc)  
 

 

    

 
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