Mondolfi's four-eyed opossum (Philander mondolfii) is a South American species of opossum found in Colombia and Venezuela, first described in 2006. It inhabits foothills of the Cordillera de Mérida and those on the eastern side of the Cordillera Oriental at elevations from 50 to 800 m (160 to 2,620 ft).[1] Populations in the two ranges may represent distinct subspecies.[1] It is named after the Venezuelan biologist Edgardo Mondolfi.[2][3] It has short woolly fur with a pale cream-colored venter as well as large ears pigmented on only the distal half.[4] It is considered to be a junior synonym of the common four-eyed opossum by some sources, such as the Mammal Diversity Database.[5][6]
| Mondolfi's four-eyed opossum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Philander |
| Species: | P. mondolfii
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| Binomial name | |
| Philander mondolfii Lew, Pérez-Hernández & Ventura, 2006
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| Mondolfi's four-eyed opossum range | |
References
edit- ^ a b c Pérez-Hernandez, R.; Ventura, J.; López Fuster, M. (2016). "Philander mondolfii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136202A22176945. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136202A22176945.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Maybaum, M. A. (2004-04-01). "Dr. Edgardo Mondolfi (1918-1999)". UNEP Global 500 Laureates. United Nations Environmental Program. Archived from the original on 2011-06-04. Retrieved 2011-06-11.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 282–283. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.
- ^ Gardner, Alfred L. (2008). Mammals of South America: Marsupials, xenarthrans, shrews, and bats. University of Chicago Press. pp. 669 (see p. 32). ISBN 978-0-226-28240-4.
- ^ "Philander canus (Osgood, 1913)". ASM Mammal Diversity Database. American Society of Mammalogists. Retrieved 2024-10-14.
- ^ Voss, Robert S.; Díaz-Nieto, Juan F.; Jansa, Sharon A. (January 31, 2018). "A Revision of Philander (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), Part 1: P. quica, P. canus, and a New Species from Amazonia". American Museum Novitates (3891). Retrieved 14 October 2024.
Sources
edit- Lew, D.; Pérez-Hernández, R.; Ventura, J. (April 2006). "Two New Species Of Philander (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) From Northern South America". Journal of Mammalogy. 87 (2). American Society of Mammalogists: 224–237. doi:10.1644/05-MAMM-A-065R2.1.
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