Metachirus

Metachirus nudicaudatus

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: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Ordo: Didelphimorphia

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Metachirini
Genus: Metachirus
Species (3): M. aritanai – M. myosuros – M. nudicaudatus

Name

Metachirus Burmeister, 1854: 135

• Type species: Didelphis nudicaudata E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803, by subsequent designation by Thomas (1888).

References

Primary references

• Burmeister, C.H.C 1854. Systematische Uebersicht der Thiere Brasiliens: welche während einer Reise durch die Provinzen von Rio de Janeiro und Minas geraës gesammlt oder beobachtet Wurden. Erster Theil. Säugethiere (Mammalia). Georg Reimer: Berlin. i–x + 341 pp BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.13607 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Voss, R.S., Fleck, D.W. & Jansa, S.A. 2019. Mammalian diversity and Matses ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru. Part 3: marsupials (Didelphimorphia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 432: 1–90. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.432.1.1 Reference page. 
• Voss, R.S. 2022. An Annotated Checklist of Recent Opossums (Mammalia: Didelphidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 455: 1–76. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.455.1.1 Reference page. 
• Miranda, C.L., Nunes, M. da S., Machado, A.F., Farias, I.P., Menezes, F.H., Ardente, N.C., Santos-Filho, M., Bredin, Y.K. & Silva, M.N.F. 2023. A new species of jupati, genus Metachirus Burmeister 1854 (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) for the Brazilian Amazon. Mammalia 87(2): 172–189. DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2021-0176 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Brown Four-eyed Opossums
português do Brasil: Jupatis