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Taxon: Genus Monodelphis Burnett, 1830 - short-tailed opossums (mammal)
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Authorship

SN2000 author citation:  Burnett, 1829[1830]
Original name:  Burnett, 1829[1830]:351.
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Original spelling: 

Types

Type of: Monodelphina (Subtribe) Talice, de Mosera & Machado, 1960 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 71. [new] [inferred]
Type of: Monodelphini (Tribe) Talice, de Mosera & Machado, 1960 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 71. [new] [inferred]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]: Monodelphis (Subgenus) Burnett, 1830
Type, by subsequent designation: Monodelphis brachyura Burnett, 1830 Ref: Matschie, 1916. [new]

Variants

Different spelling: Monodelphia (Genus) (Gill, 1872)

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full name: buidelspitsmuizen Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full name: short-tailed opossums Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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