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Monotypic taxon:
Genus
Chironectes
Illiger, 1811
- yapok
(mammal)
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Didelphini (Tribe)
..Didelphis (Genus) - large American opossums
..†Hyperdidelphys (Genus)
..Lutreolina (Genus) - thick-tailed opossum
..Philander (Genus) - gray and black "four-eyed" opossums
..†Thylophorops (Genus)
..Chironectes (Genus) - yapok
....Chironectes minimus (Species) - water opossum
Authorship
Original name
:
Illiger, C. 1811. Prodr. Syst. Mamm. Avium
: 76.
Original rank
:
loc. cit.
Original spelling
:
loc. cit.
Types
Type, by monotypy
:
Chironectes minimus
(Zimmermann, 1780)
Variants
Different spelling
:
Cheronectis
(Genus)
Fleming, 1822
Ref:
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: [19 Dec 2008].
Synonyms
Synonymous name
:
Lutra
(Genus)
Zimmermann, 1780
Ref:
MSW, 1993
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
yapok
:
water opossum
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