Title
A neotype for Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus, 1758
Related Titles
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]
Notes
Caption title.
"March 26, 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
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Suriname
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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
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