Gracilinanus peruanus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Didelphimorphia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Ordo: Didelphimorphia

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Thylamyini
Genus: Gracilinanus
Species: Gracilinanus peruanus

Name

Gracilinanus peruanus (Tate, 1931)

• Holotype: BMNH 1927.11.1.268, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by R.W. Hendee on 20 January 1927.
• Type locality: “Tingo Maria, Rio Huallaga, Peru, 2000 feet”.

Combinations

• Marmosa agilis peruana Tate, 1931: 11 [Original combination]
• Gracilinanus peruanus: Semedo et al., 2015: 200 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Marmosa agilis buenavistae Tate, 1931: 10 [synonymised by Semedo et al. (2015: 206)]
  • Holotype: BMNH 1926.12.4.91, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by José Steinbach on 7 March 1916.
  • Type locality: “Buenavista, Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia”.

References

Primary references

• Tate, G.H.H. 1931. Brief diagnoses of twenty-six apparently new forms of Marmosa (Marsupialia) from South America. American Museum Novitates 493: 1–14. hdl: 2246/3835 Reference page. 
• Semedo, T.B.F., Brandão, M.V., Carmignotto, A.P., Nunes, M.S., Farias, I.P., Silva, M.N.F. & Rossi, R.V. 2015. Taxonomic status and phylogenetic relationships of Marmosa agilis peruana Tate, 1931 (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae), with comments on the morphological variation of Gracilinanus from central-western Brazil. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 173(1): 190–216. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12203 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Peruvian Opossum