Lestodelphys halli

(O. Thomas, 1921)

Patagonian Opossum

Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Superorder: incertae sedis
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Subfamily: Didelphinae
Tribe: Thylamyini
Genus: Lestodelphys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1921-07-01. A new genus of opossum from Southern Patagonia. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)8(43):136-139.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196300

Original name as described

Notodelphys halli

Other common names

Lestodelfo

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1921.6.7.19

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bb59ec3b-fd30-44a5-975d-c2baa73d041c

Type locality

Argentina, Santa Cruz, "Cape Tres Puntas, S.E. Patagonia, 47°S." Emended by O. Thomas in 1929 to "Estancia Madujada, not far from Puerto Deseado, " Santa Cruz, Argentina.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Argentina

Distribution notes

Found in the Monte Desert and Patagonian Steppe of C and S Argentina (Chubut, La Pampa, Mendoza, Neuquén, Río Negro, and Santa Cruz).

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000105

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 2 names and synonyms.

Notodelphys halli

O. Thomas, 1921

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

halli

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1921.6.7.19

Type kind

holotype

Original type locality

Cape Tres Puntas, S.E. Patagonia, 47* S.

Type locality

Argentina: Santa Cruz: 47°13′12″S, 66°27′W.

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/bb59ec3b-fd30-44a5-975d-c2baa73d041c

Authority page

137

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26196300

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Lestodelphys halli:

Tate, 1934

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

halli

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

154

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Tate (1934:154) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/14126)
Corbet & Hill (1980:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
Corbet & Hill (1991:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
Gardner (1993:17) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68997)
Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:175) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #11856) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #11856) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000105) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/11856/197309774) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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