Thylamys
Taxonavigation
editFamilia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Thylamyini
Genus: Thylamys
Species (10): T. cinderella - T. elegans - T. karimii - T. macrurus - T. pallidior - T. pusillus - T. sponsorius - T. tatei - T. velutinus - T. venustus
Name
editThylamys Gray, 1843
Type species: Didelphis elegans Waterhouse, 1839
Synonyms
edit- Grymaeomys Burmeister, 1854
- Microdelphys Burmeister, 1856
- Sarigua Muirhead, 1819
References
edit- Boric-Bargetto, D., Zúñiga-Reinoso, A., Cancino, R.A., González-Acuña, D., Rodríguez-Serrano, E., Palma, R.E. & Bautista-Hernandez, C.E. 2016. Phylogenetic evaluation of taxonomic definition of didelphid mouse opossum of the genus Thylamys from valleys of Coquimbo region, Chile. Zootaxa 4105(4): 339–352. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.4.3. Reference page.
- List Specimens Mamm. Coll. Brit. Mus., p. 101
- Thylamys 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. - 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.
Vernacular names
editEnglish: Fat-tailed Mouse Opossums