Authority citation: Wagner, J.A. 1847. Beiträge zur Kenntniss der Säugthiere Amerika's. Erste Abtheilung. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften (mathematisch-physikalische Classe)5(1):119-208.
Authority publication link: https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/11387601
Original name as described: Didelphys dimidiata
Nominal names: brevicaudis (Illiger, 1815) [nomen nudum] | brevicaudis (I. von Olfers, 1818) | dimidiata (J. A. Wagner, 1847) | sorex (Hensel, 1872) | henseli (O. Thomas, 1888) | lundi Matschie, 1916 | wagneri Matschie, 1916 | fosteri O. Thomas, 1924 | henselii (A. de Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | itatiayae (A. de Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936) | paulensis C. O. da C. Vieira, 1950 | dimidata (Tálice, Laffite de Mosera, & T. Machado, 1960) [incorrect subsequent spelling] | henseley Tálice, Laffite de Mosera, & T. Machado, 1960 [incorrect subsequent spelling]
Other common names: Eastern Short-tailed Opossum|Red-sided Short-tailed Opossum|Southern Short-tailed Opossum|Shrewish Short-tailed Opossum|Yellow-sided Opossum
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Marsupialia -- Order: Didelphimorphia -- Family: Didelphidae -- Subfamily: Didelphinae -- Tribe: Marmosini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: BMNH:Mamm:1855.12.24.72
Type locality: "Maldonado am la Plata," Maldonado, Uruguay.
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Brazil (BRA) | Paraguay (PRY) | Argentina (ARG) | Uruguay (URY)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Least concern
Species-specific notes: includes sorex; likely includes the name brevicaudis as a senior synonym, although the name dimidiata is tentatively retained for now
Citation: Vilela, J. F., Russo, C. D. M., & Oliveira, J. D. (2010). An assessment of morphometric and molecular variation in Monodelphis dimidiata (Wagner, 1847)(Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae). Zootaxa, 2646(1), 26-42.
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