Metachirus Burmeister 1854 (brown four-eyed opposum)
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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
Ecology: scansorial omnivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Panama (1), Peru (2)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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