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Didelphis aurita
(Wied-Neuwied, 1826)
- big-eared opossum
(mammal)
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Didelphis (Genus) - large American opossums
..Didelphis albiventris (Species) - white-eared opossum
..Didelphis imperfecta (Species) - Guianan white-eared opossum
..Didelphis marsupialis (Species) - common opossum
..Didelphis pernigra (Species) - Andean white-eared opossum
..Didelphis virginiana (Species) - Virginia opossum
..Didelphis aurita (Species) - big-eared opossum
Authorship
Original name
:
Wied-Neuwied, 1826:395.
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:
Variants
Different rank
:
Didelphis marsupialis aurita
(Wied-Neuwied, 1826)
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Basionym
:
Didelphys aurita
Wied-Neuwied, 1826
Ref:
MSW, 1993
Synonyms
Accepted name
:
Didelphis azarae
Temminck, 1824
Ref:
MSW, 1993
Synonymous name (objective)
:
Didelphis azarae
Temminck, 1824
Ref:
D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder (eds.), 1993
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
big-eared opossum
Ref:
A.L. Gardner, 2005
: 5.
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