Monodelphis sanctaerosae

Voss, Pine, & Solari, 2012

Santa Rosa Short-tailed Opossum

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Voss, R.S., Pine, R.H. and Solari, S. 2012-04. A new species of the didelphid marsupial genus Monodelphis from eastern Bolivia. American Museum Novitates 3740:1-14.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59322121

Original name as described

Monodelphis sanctaerosae

Type material

AMNH M-263548 (= MSB:Mamm:237023)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-263548 https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MSB:Mamm:237023

Type locality

Santa Rosa de la Roca, Santa Cruz, Bolivia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Brazil?

Distribution notes

Known only from the type locality in E Bolivia (Santa Cruz); a specimen from Brazil (Mato Grosso) may represent this species, but this remains to be tested.

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Voss, R. S., Pine, R. H., & Solari, S. (2012). A new species of the didelphid marsupial genus Monodelphis from eastern Bolivia. American Museum Novitates, 2012(3740), 1-14.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000081

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 sanctaerosae

Voss, Pine, & Solari, 2012

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

sanctaerosae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH M-263548 (= MSB:Mamm:237023)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-m-263548 https://arctos.database.museum/guid/MSB:Mamm:237023

Authority page

3

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59322121

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:152) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000194) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000081) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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