Metachirus Burmeister 1854 (brown four-eyed opposum)

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae

Parent taxon: Metachirini according to J. L. Patton et al. 1996

See also Ladaveze and Muizon 2010 and Palmer 1904

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Metachirus nudicaudatus

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore-carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Panama (1), Peru (2)

Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence

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