Dark four-eyed opossum

Dark four-eyed opossum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Philander
Species:	P. melanurus
Binomial name
	Philander melanurus; (O. Thomas, 1899)
Synonyms
	List Metachirus melanurus O. Thomas, 1899; Didelphis (Metachirops) melanurus (O. Thomas, 1899); Holothylax opossum melanurus (O. Thomas, 1899); Metachirops opossum melanurus (O. Thomas, 1899); Philander opossum melanurus (O. Thomas, 1899); Metachirus fuscogriseus J. A. Allen, 1900; Didelphis (Metachirops) fuscogriseus (J. A. Allen, 1900); Holothylax fuscogriseus (J. A. Allen, 1900); Metachirops opossum fuscogriseus (J. A. Allen, 1900); Philander opossum fuscogriseus (J. A. Allen, 1900); Metachirus grisescens J. A. Allen, 1901; Didelphis (Metachirops) grisescens (J. A. Allen, 1900); Holothylax grisescens (J. A. Allen, 1901); Metachirops opossum grisescens (J. A. Allen, 1901); Metachirus opossum melantho O. Thomas, 1923; Metachirops opossum melantho (O. Thomas, 1923);

The dark four-eyed opossum (Philander melanurus) is a species of opossum from Central and South America.^[2]

^ Gardner, Alfred L. (2007). Mammals of South America Volume 1 Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats. Chicago 60637: The University of Chicago Press. pp. 33–34. ISBN 978-0-226-28240-4.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)
^ Voss, Robert S.; Díaz-Nieto, Juan F.; Jansa, Sharon A. (January 31, 2018). "A Revision of Philander (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), Part 1: P. quica, P. canus, and a New Species from Amazonia". American Museum Novitates (3891): 1–70. doi:10.1206/3891.1. Retrieved 14 October 2024.