Guianan White-eared Opossum
Didelphis imperfecta Mondolfi & Pérez-Hernández, 1984
Also calledChucha (spa) · Guiana-Opossum (deu) · Guyanaopossum (deu) · Opossum de Guyane (fra) · Pian à oreilles blanches (fra) · Zarigüeya de orejas blancas (spa) · dydelf gujański (pol) · gambá (por) · mucura (por) · saruê (por) · vačice pralesní (ces) · ガイアナシロミミオポッサム (jpn)
First described in: Acta Cient. Venezolana vol.35 p.407
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
discussion
Remarks: The specimens MZUT T 466 and 467, previously cited as D. marsupialis, could not be identified at species level due to the faded coloration of the skins. But since they present whiter faces, they could be, instead, representatives of D. imperfecta.
Revised catalogue of monotremes and marsupials in the historic mammal collection housed at Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali of Torino, Italy
materials_examined
MZUT T 466 (332); mount; female ad.; Cayenne (French Guyana); 1810; purchased in Paris by Franco Andrea Bonelli; MZUT T 467 (333); mount; unsexed juv.; Cayenne (French Guyana); 1822; from Mr. Banon.
Revised catalogue of monotremes and marsupials in the historic mammal collection housed at Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali of Torino, Italy
discussion
Discussion: Previously included in D. albiventris (see Gardner, 1993); revised by Lemos and Cerqueira (2002).
Order Didelphimorphia
distribution
Distribution: Venezuela (south of the Orinoco), SW Suriname, French Guiana, and N Brazil.
Order Didelphimorphia
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2439929.