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Voss RS. An Annotated Checklist of Recent Opossums (Mammalia: Didelphidae). BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 2022. [DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.455.1.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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- Robert S. Voss
- Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Mammalogy) American Museum of Natural History
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Bezerra AM, Bonvicino CR, Caramaschi FP, Castiglia R. Discovery of the rare Handley’s short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis handleyi, in the threatened southern Amazonian savanna of Brazil. Mamm Biol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mambio.2019.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Pavan SE. A revision of the Monodelphis glirina group (Didelphidae: Marmosini), with a description of a new species from Roraima, Brazil. J Mammal 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyy165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022] Open
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AbstractShort-tailed opossums of the nominotypical subgenus Monodelphis occur throughout most of the cis-Andean lowlands of tropical South America. Among its member species, a monophyletic group that includes M. glirina (Amazonian red-sided opossum), M. sanctaerosae (Santa Rosa short-tailed opossum), and an unnamed taxon, herein referred to as the Monodelphis glirina group, is the focus of this paper. I provide an emended diagnosis for species of the group, information about geographic variation in M. glirina (including M. maraxina [Marajó short-tailed opossum]), and a formal description for the unnamed taxon mentioned above. The new species, known from two savanna localities in northeastern Roraima, is geographically disjunct from its closer relatives, M. glirina and M. sanctaerosae, only known to occur south of the Amazon. The new species differs from other congeneric taxa by a set of morphological characters and by DNA sequences.Cuícas-de-cauda-curta do subgênero nominotípico Monodelphis ocorrem na maior parte das planícies cis-Andinas da América do Sul tropical. Dentre as espécies membro, o grupo monofilético que inclui M. glirina, M. sanctarosae, e um táxon ainda não descrito, referido como grupo Monodelphis glirina, é o foco do presente estudo. Aqui são fornecidas diagnoses emendadas para as espécies do grupo, informações sobre variação geográfica em M. glirina (incluindo M. maraxina), e descrição formal para o novo táxon mencionado acima. A nova espécie, conhecida de duas localidades de savana no nordeste de Roraima, encontra-se geograficamente disjunta das espécies mais proximamente relacionadas, M. glirina e M. sanctaerosae, somente conhecidas para a porção sul da Amazônia. A nova espécie difere das demais espécies congenéricas por um conjunto de características morfológicas e por sequências de DNA.
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- Silvia E Pavan
- Division of Vertebrate Zoology (Mammalogy), American Museum of Natural History, New York, NY, USA
- Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, Coordenação de Zoologia, Avenida Perimetral, Terra Firme, CEP, Belém, Pará, Brazil
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Pavan SE, Voss RS. A Revised Subgeneric Classification of Short-Tailed Opossums (Didelphidae:Monodelphis). AMERICAN MUSEUM NOVITATES 2016. [DOI: 10.1206/3868.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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D’Elía G, Hurtado N, D’Anatro A. Alpha taxonomy of Dromiciops (Microbiotheriidae) with the description of 2 new species of monito del monte. J Mammal 2016. [DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyw068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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A previous study showed that Dromiciops gliroides has deep phylogeographic structure, with 3 allopatric and highly differentiated groups. Here, we constructed on that study by assessing the morphologic variation of D. gliroides. Our results show that along its distribution Dromiciops is morphologically highly variable and that the geographic pattern of morphologic variation matches the phylogeographic pattern. Taken together, morphological and molecular data indicate the existence of 2 unrecognized and unnamed species of monito del monte, which are here named and described. Cranial and dental features can easily distinguish species of Dromiciops. One of the new species is endemic of Chile, and the other new species occurs in Argentina and Chile. D. gliroides s.s. is restricted to the southern part of the genus distribution including Chiloé Island. We comment on the conservation significance of our findings and on the need of continuing with field- and collection-based research in order to characterize the richness of the Chilean mammal assemblage.
Un estudio previo mostró que Dromiciops gliroides tiene una marcada estructura filogeográfica con 3 grupos alopátridos bien diferenciados. Dado esos resultados, en el presente estudio analizamos la variación morfológica de D. gliroides. Nuestros resultados indican que D. gliroides es, a través de su distribución, altamente variable y que el patrón geográfico de la variación morfológica es congruente con el patrón filogeografico. Considerada en conjunto, la evidencia morfológica y molecular indica la existencia de dos especies de monito del monte que no han sido reconocidas, las que son aca descritas y nominadas. Las tres especies de Dromiciops se pueden distinguir fácilmente por características craneales y dentales. Una de las nuevas especies es endémica de Chile y la otra se distribuye en Argentina y Chile. D. gliroides s.s. se restringe a la porción sur del área distribucional del género, incluyendo la Isla de Chiloé. Cerramos el trabajo comentado sobre la necesidad de continuar realizando colectas y trabajo basado en colecciones con el fin de caracterizar la diversidad del ensamble de mamíferos de Chile.
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Amador LI, Giannini NP. Phylogeny and evolution of body mass in didelphid marsupials (Marsupialia: Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae). ORG DIVERS EVOL 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s13127-015-0259-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Pavan SE, Jansa SA, Voss RS. Molecular phylogeny of short-tailed opossums (Didelphidae: Monodelphis ): Taxonomic implications and tests of evolutionary hypotheses. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2014; 79:199-214. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2014.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2014] [Revised: 05/23/2014] [Accepted: 05/26/2014] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Cozzuol MA, de Thoisy B, Fernandes-Ferreira H, Rodrigues FHG, Santos FR. How much evidence is enough evidence for a new species? J Mammal 2014. [DOI: 10.1644/14-mamm-a-182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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