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Chironectes (water opossum)
Taxonomy
Chironectes was named by Illiger (1811). It is extant.
It was assigned to Didelphina by Gray (1825); to Didelphidae by Carroll (1988); to Didelphini by Patton et al. (1996); and to Didelphinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was assigned to Didelphina by Gray (1825); to Didelphidae by Carroll (1988); to Didelphini by Patton et al. (1996); and to Didelphinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
Species
Synonymy list
Year | Name and author |
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1811 | Chironectes Illiger p. 76 |
1825 | Cheironectes Gray p. 340 |
1988 | Chironectes Carroll |
1996 | Chironectes Patton et al. p. 4 |
2005 | Chironectes Wilson and Reeder |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
G. Chironectes Illiger 1811 [water opossum]
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Chironectes minimus Zimmermann 1780
Chironectes minimus panamensis Goldman 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available