Monodelphis osgoodi

Doutt, 1938

Osgood's Short-tailed Opossum

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : incertae sedis
Order : Didelphimorphia
Family : Didelphidae
Subfamily : Didelphinae
Tribe : Marmosini
Genus : Monodelphis
Subgenus : Mygalodelphys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Doutt, J.K. 1938. Two new mammals from South America. Journal of Mammalogy 19(1):100-101.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1374288

Original name as described

Monodelphis peruvianus osgoodi

Other common names

Highland Short-tailed Opossum

Type material

CM 5242

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Incachaca, Department of Cochabamba, Bolivia; altitude 2600 meters."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru · Bolivia

Distribution notes

Reported from C Peru to C Bolivia, although it is unclear if any of these specimens were correctly identified other than genetically confirmed individuals in Bolivia (according to Pavan et al. 2014 and Voss 2022).

Distribution references

Pavan, S. E., Jansa, S. A., & Voss, R. S. (2014). Molecular phylogeny of short-tailed opossums (Didelphidae: Monodelphis): taxonomic implications and tests of evolutionary hypotheses. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, 79, 199-214. · Voss, R. S. (2022). An annotated checklist of recent opossums (Mammalia: Didelphidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 455(1), 1-76.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000074

Country distribution map

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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. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Monodelphis peruvianus osgoodi

Doutt, 1938

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

osgoodi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

CM 5242

Type kind

holotype

Authority page

100

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

Doutt (1938:100) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/12932)

Monodelphis osgoodi

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

osgoodi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

9

Authority publication

London

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:11) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)
  3. Gardner (1993:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68997)
  4. Anderson (1997:160) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  5. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  6. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:148) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #13698) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #13698) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  9. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000074) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  10. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/13698/22171354) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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