Taxonomy Profile: Monodelphis sorex (Hensel 1872)

Monodelphis sorex: Taxonomy and Nomenclature
Kingdom:
Animalia
Taxonomic Rank:
Species
Synonym(s):
Common Name(s):
Southern Red-sided Opossum []
Taxonomic Status:
Current Standing:
valid
Data Quality Indicators:
Record Credibility Rating:
TWG standards met
Monodelphis sorex: Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom : Animalia
animals |
Animal |
animaux |
Subkingdom : Bilateria
Infrakingdom : Deuterostomia
Phylum : Chordata
chordates |
cordado |
cordés |
Subphylum : Vertebrata
vertebrates |
vertebrado |
vertébrés |
Infradivision : Gnathostomata
Superclass : Tetrapoda
Class : Mammalia
mammals |
mamífero |
mammifères |
Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Metatheria
Order : Didelphimorphia
marsupials |
American marsupials |
cuica |
didelfimorfo |
gambá |
marsupial |
mucura |
Family : Didelphidae
opossoms |
American opossums |
Subfamily : Didelphinae
Genus : Monodelphis
short-tailed opossums |
Species : Monodelphis sorex
Southern Red-sided Opossum |
Monodelphis sorex Direct Children(s):
Monodelphis sorex: References
Expert(s):
Expert:
Alfred L. Gardner
Notes:
Curator of North American mammals and Chief of Mammal Section, National Biological Service, Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Washington, DC, USA
Reference for:
Monodelphis sorex
Source(s):
Publication(s):
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Nowak, Ronald M.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1991-01-01 / 1991-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Walker's Mammals of the World, vol. 1, 5th ed.
Page(s):
1629
Publisher:
The Johns Hopkins UniversityPress
Publication Place:
Baltimore and London
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-3970-X/
Notes:
Reference for:
Monodelphis sorex
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
1992-01-01 / 1993-01-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing
Page(s):
xviii + 1207
Publisher:
Smithsonian Institution Press
Publication Place:
Washington, DC, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
1-56098-217-9/
Notes:
Corrections were made to text at 3rd printing
Reference for:
Monodelphis sorex
Author(s)/Editor(s):
Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds.
Publication Date (Listed/Actual):
2005-10-01 / 2005-10-01
Article/Chapter Title:
Journal/Book Name, Vol. No.:
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2
Page(s):
2142
Publisher:
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publication Place:
Baltimore, Maryland, USA
ISBN/ISSN:
0-8018-8221-4/
Notes:
Reference for:
Monodelphis sorex
Monodelphis sorex: Geographic Information
Geographic Division:
South America
Jurisdiction/Origin:
Monodelphis sorex: Comments
Comment:
Comments: See Pine et al. (1985). Monodelphis sorex may be the animal Azara (1801) described as "micouré cinquième, ou micouré à queue corte," in which case brevicaudis Olfers, 1818, and its objective synonym wagneri (Matschie, 1916) would be synonyms and the name sorex (Hensel, 1872) would be replaced by brevicaudis Olfers, 1818, which has 52 years priority over sorex. However, the true identity of Azara's animal cannot be determined with reasonable certainty. Lacking any compelling evidence to the ...
Comment:
Status: IUCN - Vulnerable