IRMNG - Didelphis Linnaeus, 1758

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Didelphis Linnaeus, 1758

IRMNG_ID

1211419 (urn:lsid:irmng.org:taxname:1211419)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Didelphidae Gray, 1821

Synonymised names

Dasyurotherium Liais, 1872 † · unaccepted

Didelphus Radermacher, 1779 · unaccepted

Didelphys Schreber, 1776 · unaccepted

Dimerodon Ameghino, 1889 · unaccepted

Gamba Liais, 1872 † · unaccepted

Gambatherium Liais, 1872 † · unaccepted

Leucodidelphis Ihering, 1914 · unaccepted

Thylacotherium Lund, 1839 † · unaccepted

Thylacotherium Lund, 1839, nom. nud. † · unaccepted > nomen nudum

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Species Didelphis albiventris Lund, 1840
Species Didelphis aurita Wied-Neuwied, 1826
Species Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus, 1758
Species Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792
Species Didelphis alboguttata Burmeister, 1854 accepted as Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw, 1800)
Species Didelphis cynocephala Harris, 1808 accepted as Thylacinus cynocephalus (Harris, 1808)
Species Didelphis maculata Anon., 1791 accepted as Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw, 1800)
Species Didelphis pygmaea Shaw, 1794 accepted as Acrobates pygmaeus (Shaw, 1793)
Species Didelphis sciurea Shaw, 1794 accepted as Petaurus norfolcensis (Kerr, 1792)
Species Didelphis ursina Harris, 1808 accepted as Sarcophilus harrisii (Boitard, 1841)
Species Didelphis viverrina Shaw, 1800 accepted as Dasyurus viverrinus (Shaw, 1800)

Environment

~~marine~~, ~~brackish~~

Fossil range

recent + fossil

Original description

Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 54 [details]

Taxonomic citation

IRMNG (2024). Didelphis Linnaeus, 1758. Accessed at: https://www.irmng.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1211419 on 2024-10-22

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2006-09-20 22:00:00Z

created

Rees, Tony

2011-12-31 23:00:00Z

changed

Rees, Tony

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Sources (16)
Notes (2)

original description Linnaeus, C. (1758). Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae, Secundum Classes, Ordines, Genera, Species, cum Characteribus, Differentiis, Synonymis, Locis. 10th edition. Laurentius Salvius, Holmiae, 824 pp. , available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/10277
page(s): 54 [details]

basis of record Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

basis of record SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997 [details]

verified source for family Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

name verified source Neave, S. A. and successors. (1939-2004). Nomenclator Zoologicus, vols. 1-10 online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. Previously at http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus/ (URL no longer current). , available online at https://insecta.bio.spbu.ru/z/nomenclator_zoologicus_PDF.htm [details]

current name source Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (editors). (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd Ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore. 2,142 pp. [details]

extant flag source SN2000/McKenna & Bell, 1997, PaleoDB [details]

habitat flag source as per family [details]

original description (of Thylacotherium Lund, 1839 †) Echo, 5, no. 430
page(s): 245 [details]

original description (of Didelphys Schreber, 1776) Säugeth., 3, pl
page(s): 145 [details]

original description (of Dasyurotherium Liais, 1872 †) Clim. Géol. Faune Brésil.
page(s): 331 [details]

original description (of Thylacotherium Lund, 1839, nom. nud. †) Ann. Sci. Nat. Paris [2] (Zool.), 11
page(s): 233 [details]

original description (of Gamba Liais, 1872 †) Clim. Géol. Faune Brésil
page(s): 329 [details]

original description (of Gambatherium Liais, 1872 †) Clim. Géol. Faune Brésil
page(s): 331 [details]

original description (of Dimerodon Ameghino, 1889) Act. Acad. Córdoba, 6
page(s): 282 [details]

original description (of Didelphus Radermacher, 1779) Verh. Batav. Genoot., 1
page(s): 107 [details]

Unreviewed

Nomenclatural status available [details]

Type species as cited Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus, 1758, by subsequent selection (Thomas, 1888). [details]