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Monodelphis brevicaudata
(Erxleben, 1777)
- northern red-sided opossum
(mammal)
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Monodelphis (Subgenus)
..Monodelphis adusta (Species) - sepia short-tailed opossum
..Monodelphis americana (Species) - northern three-striped opossum
..Monodelphis domestica (Species) - gray short-tailed opossum
..Monodelphis emiliae (Species) - Emilia's short-tailed opossum
..Monodelphis glirina (Species) - Amazonian red-sided opossum
..Monodelphis iheringi (Species) - Ihering's three-striped opossum
..Monodelphis kunsi (Species) - pygmy short-tailed opossum
..Monodelphis maraxina (Species) - Marajó short-tailed opossum
..Monodelphis osgoodi (Species) - Osgood's short-tailed opossum
..Monodelphis palliolata (Species) - hooded red-sided opossum
..Monodelphis sorex (Species) - southern red-sided opossum
..Monodelphis theresa (Species) - southern three-striped opossum
..Monodelphis unistriata (Species) - one-striped opossum
..Monodelphis brevicaudata (Species) - northern red-sided opossum
Authorship
Original name
:
Erxleben, 1777:80.
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:
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:
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:
Types
Type, by synonymy, of
:
Monodelphis
(Subgenus)
Burnett, 1830
Combinations
Basionym
:
Didelphis brevicaudata
Erxleben, 1777
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Monodelphis brachyura
Burnett, 1830
Synonymous name
:
Monodelphis touan
(Daudin, in Lacépède, 1799)
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous name (subjective)
:
Monodelphis orinoci
Thomas, 1899
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
northern red-sided opossum
Ref:
A.L. Gardner, 2005
: 14.
:
Seba's short-tailed opossum
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28 Aug 2026