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Monodelphis (short-tailed opossum)
Taxonomy
Monodelphis was named by Burnett (1830). It is extant.
It was assigned to Monodelphini by Patton et al. (1996); to Didelphinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Didelphidae by Carroll (1988), Springer et al. (1994) and Salles et al. (2006).
It was assigned to Monodelphini by Patton et al. (1996); to Didelphinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005); and to Didelphidae by Carroll (1988), Springer et al. (1994) and Salles et al. (2006).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1830 | Monodelphis Burnett |
| 1988 | Monodelphis Carroll |
| 1994 | Monodelphis Springer et al. p. 86 |
| 1996 | Monodelphis Patton et al. p. 4 |
| 2005 | Monodelphis Wilson and Reeder |
| 2006 | Monodelphis Salles et al. p. 7 |
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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. Monodelphis Burnett 1830 [short-tailed opossum]
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Monodelphis adusta Thomas 1897 [Sepia short-tailed opossum]
Monodelphis americana Müller 1776 [Northern three-striped opossum]
Monodelphis brevicaudata Erxleben 1777
Monodelphis dimidiata Wagner 1847 [Yellow-sided opossum]
Monodelphis domestica Wagner 1842 [gray short-tailed opposum]
Monodelphis emiliae Thomas 1912 [Emilia's short-tailed opossum]
Monodelphis fosteri Thomas 1924
Monodelphis glirina Wagner 1842 [Amazonian red-sided opossum]
Monodelphis iheringi Thomas 1888 [Iherings three-striped opossum]
Monodelphis kunsi Pine 1975 [Pygmy short-tailed opossum]
Monodelphis maraxina Thomas 1923 [Marajó short-tailed opossum]
Monodelphis osgoodi Doutt 1938 [Osgoods short-tailed opossum]
Monodelphis palliolata Osgood 1914 [Hooded red-sided opossum]
Monodelphis peruviana Cabrera and Yepes 1940
Monodelphis rubida Thomas 1899 [Chestnut-striped opossum]
Monodelphis scalops Thomas 1888 [Long-nosed short-tailed opossum]
Monodelphis sorex Hensel 1872 [Southern red-sided opossum]
Monodelphis theresa Thomas 1921
Monodelphis umbristriata Miranda-Ribeiro 1936 [Red three-striped opossum]
Monodelphis unistriata Wagner 1842 [One-striped opossum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
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| References: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Goin 1997, Lillegraven 1979 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma
Collections (10 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pliocene | Australia (Victoria) | Monodelphis sp. (182165) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) | Monodelphis domestica (92813) | |
| Pleistocene - Holocene | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Monodelphis domestica (211822) Monodelphis domestica, Monodelphis kunsi (211820) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Goiás) | Monodelphis domestica, Monodelphis kunsi (211821) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Piaui) | Monodelphis domestica (71332 71334) | |
| Holocene | Brazil (Pernambuco) | Monodelphis sp. (211631) | |
| Holocene | Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) | Monodelphis sp. (211634) | |
| Holocene | Brazil (Districto Agropecura) | Monodelphis brevicaudata (21687) |