Common Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum
Thylamys pusillus (Desmarest, 1804)
Also calledChaco-Fettschwanzbeutelratte (deu) · Comadreja Enana (spa) · Marmosa Común (spa) · Petit Opossum (fra) · Petit opossum-souris (fra)
First described in: Tabl. Méth. Hist. Nat., in Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat. vol.24 p.19
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Discussion: The name nana Illiger, 1815, is a nomen nudum and was not validated by Oken, 1816. The name marmota Oken, 1816, is not available; however its usage by Thomas (1902) is valid.
Order Didelphimorphia
materials_examined
Type Locality: Not stated; restricted to Paraguay, Misiones, " San Ignacio, " by Tate (1933).
Order Didelphimorphia
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: C and S Brazil, Paraguay, SE Bolivia, and N Argentina.
Order Didelphimorphia
materials_examined
TYPE LOCALITY: Not stated; restricted to Paraguay, Misiones, " San Ignacio, " by Tate (1933).
Order Didelphimorphia
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2439914.