A neotype for Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus, 1758

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Series: American Museum novitates, number 3923

By

Feijó, Anderson , author

Voss, Robert S. , author

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, [2019]

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Didelphis marsupialis, type species of the genus Didelphis, is a widely distributed and commonly studied American marsupial. Unfortunately, the previously noncontroversial application of the epithet marsupialis Linnaeus, 1758, has recently been called into question, and the lectotype is no longer extant. To preserve long-standing binomial usage for this species and other congeneric taxa, we designate a specimen from Surinam in the Royal Ontario Museum as neotype.

Subjects

America , Classification , Didelphis , Didelphis marsupialis , Mammals , Nomenclature , Suriname , Type specimens , Type specimens (Natural history)

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3923 2019

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/3923.1
OCLC: 1090677014