Philander

Philander opossum

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 Subordo: Cynodontia Infraordo: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cohort: Metatheria Cohors: Marsupialia Ordo: Didelphimorphia

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Didelphini
Genus: Philander
Species (8): P. andersoni – P. canus – P. deltae – P. frenatus – P. mcilhennyi – P. mondolfii – P. melanurus – P. opossum

Name

Philander Brisson, 1762: 207 [conserved name]

• Type species: Didelphis opossum Linnaeus, 1758, by designation under the Plenary Powers (1998: 64).
• Gender: masculine.
• Placed on the Official List of Generic Names in Zoology by Opinion 1894 (1998: 65).

Synonymy

• Philander Tiedemann, 1808: 426
  • Type species: Philander virginianus Tiedemann, 1808, by subsequent designation by Hershkovitz (1949).
• Sarigua Muirhead, 1819: 429 (part)
• Metachirus Burmeister, 1854: 135 (part)
• Gamba Liais, 1872: 329 (part)
• Zygolestes Florentino Ameghino, 1899: 7 (part)
• Metachirops Matschie, 1916: 262
  • Type species: Didelphis quica Temminck, 1824, by original designation.
• Hylothylax Cabrera, 1919: 47
  • Type species: Didelphis opossum Linnaeus, 1758, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Brisson, M.J. 1762. Regnum animale in classes IX. Distributum, Sive, Synopsis Methodica, Sistens generalem Animalium distributionem in Classes IX, & duarum primarum Classium, Quadrupedum scilicet & Cetaceorum, particularem divisionem in Ordines, Sectiones, Genera & Species. Cum brevi cujusque Speciei Descriptione, Cicationibus Auctorum de iis tractantium, Nominibus eis ab ipsis & Nationibus impositis, Nominibusque vulgaribus. Theodorum Haak: Lugduni Batavorum. 7 + 296 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. 1998. Opinion 1894. Regnum Animale ..., Ed. 2 (M.J. Brisson, 1762): rejected for nomenclatural purposes, with the conservation of the mammalian generic names Philander (Marsupialia), Pteropus (Chiroptera), Glis, Cuniculus and Hydrochoerus (Rodentia), Meles, Lutra and Hyaena (Carnivora), Tapirus (Perissodactyla), Tragulus and Giraffa (Artiodactyla). Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 55(1): 64–71. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Chemisquy, M.A.; Flores, D.A. 2012: Taxonomy of the southernmost populations of Philander (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae), with implications for the systematics of the genus. Zootaxa 3481: 60–72. Preview Reference page. 

Links

• Philander in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Philander – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).

Vernacular names

Deutsch: Vieraugenbeutelratten
English: Four-eyed Opossums
español: Zarigüeyas de cuatro ojos
português do Brasil: Cuícas-de-quatro-olhos

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