Dromiciops

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Microbiotheria
Template loop detected: Template:Taxonav Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Cladus: Australidelphia Ordo: Microbiotheria

Familia: Microbiotheriidae
Subfamilia: Microbiotheriinae
Genus: Dromiciops
Species (2): D. bozinovici – D. gliroides

Name edit

Dromiciops Thomas, 1894: 186

Type species: Dromiciops gliroides Thomas, 1894, by monotypy.

References edit

Primary references edit

Thomas, O. 1894. On Micoureus griseus, Desm., with the Description of a new Genus and Species of Didelphyidae. The Annals And Magazine of Natural History. Series 6 14: 184–188. DOI: 10.1080/00222939408677788 BHL Reference page.

Additional references edit

Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) 2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page.
Himes, C.M.T., Gallardo, M.H. & Kenagy, G.J. 2008. Historical biogeography and post-glacial recolonization of South American temperate rain forest by the relictual marsupial Dromiciops gliroides. Journal of Biogeography 35(8): 1415–1424. DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2699.2008.01895.x Reference page.
D’Elía, G., Hurtado, N. & D’Anatro, A. 2016. Alpha taxonomy of Dromiciops (Microbiotheriidae) with the description of 2 new species of monito del monte. Journal of Mammalogy 97(4): 1136–1152. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyw068 Reference page.
Valladares-Gómez, A., Celis-Díez, J.L., Palma, R.E. & Manríquez, G.S. 2017. Cranial morphological variation of Dromiciops gliroides (Microbiotheria) along its geographical distribution in south-central Chile: A three-dimensional analysis. Mammalian Biology 87: 107–117. DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2017.07.003 Reference page.
Martin, G.M. 2018. Variability and variation in Dromiciops Thomas, 1894 (Marsupialia, Microbiotheria, Microbiotheriidae). Journal of Mammalogy 99(1): 159–173. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyx175 Reference page.
Súarez-Villota, E.Y., Quercia, C.A., Nuñez, J.J., Gallardo, M.H., Himes, C.M. & Kenagy, G.J. 2018. Monotypic status of the South American relictual marsupial Dromiciops gliroides (Microbiotheria). Journal of Mammalogy 99(4): 803–812. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyy073 Reference page.
Valladares-Gómez, A., Celis-Díez, J.L., Sepúlveda-Rodríguez, C., Inostroza-Michael, O., Hernández, C.E. & Palma, R.E. 2019. Genetic diversity, population structure and migration scenarios of the marsupial “Monito del Monte” in south-central Chile. Journal of Heredity 110(6): 651–661. DOI: 10.1093/jhered/esz049 Reference page.
Quintero-Galvis, J.F., Saenz-Agudelo, P., Celis-Díez, J.L., Amico, G.C., Vázquez, S., Shafer, A.B.A. & Nespolo, R.F. 2021. The biogeography of Dromiciops in southern South America: Middle Miocene transgressions, speciation and associations with Nothofagus. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 163: 107234. DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2021.107234 Reference page.

Vernacular names edit

English: Monito del Monte
日本語: チロエオポッサム属
中文: 南𪕨属

For more multimedia, look at Dromiciops on Wikimedia Commons.