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Lestodelphys
Tate, 1934
- Patagonian opossum
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
......................................Batrachosauria
........................................Amniota
..........................................Synapsida
............................................Therapsida
..............................................Theriodontia
................................................Eutheriodontia
..................................................Cynodontia
....................................................Eucynodontia
......................................................Mammaliamorpha
........................................................Mammaliaformes
..........................................................Holotheria
............................................................Class Mammalia - mammals
..............................................................Theriimorpha
................................................................Theriiformes
..................................................................Trechnotheria
....................................................................Cladotheria
......................................................................Zatheria
........................................................................Subclass Boreosphenida
..........................................................................Theria
............................................................................Infraclass Metatheria
..............................................................................Cohort Marsupialia - marsupials
................................................................................Magnorder Ameridelphia
..................................................................................Order Didelphimorphia
....................................................................................Family Didelphidae - American opossums
......................................................................................Subfamily Didelphinae
........................................................................................Tribe Monodelphini
..........................................................................................Subtribe Monodelphina
............................................................................................Genus Gracilinanus
............................................................................................Genus Hyladelphys
............................................................................................Genus Marmosa - murine opossums
............................................................................................Genus Marmosops
............................................................................................Genus Micoureus
............................................................................................Genus Monodelphis - short-tailed opossums
............................................................................................Genus Thylamys
............................................................................................Genus †Thylatheridium
............................................................................................Genus Tlacuatzin
............................................................................................(Genus Monodelphia)
............................................................................................(Genus Notodelphys)
............................................................................................Genus Lestodelphys - Patagonian opossum
..............................................................................................Species Lestodelphys halli - Patagonian opossum
Authorship
Original name
Tate, 1934:154
Original rank
Original spelling
Types
Type, by original designation and monotypy
Lestodelphys halli
(Thomas, 1921)
Variants
Different spelling
Lestodelphis
(Genus)
Different spelling
Notodelphys
(Genus)
Thomas, 1921
[
S.A. Neave (ed.), [2005]
: 19 Dec 2008
]
Synonyms
Synonym
Notodelphys
(Genus)
Thomas, 1921
Taxonomic positions
Subsequent position
Monodelphina
(Subtribe)
(Talice et al., 1960) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
[
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
: 71
]
Vernacular Names
English
:
Patagonian opossum
Number of Subtaxa
2013
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
1s
2005
A.L. Gardner
[1s;0ss]
1993
A.L. Gardner
[1s]
1991
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill
[1s]
1991
R.M. Nowak
1s
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012