Monodelphis touan (Shaw, 1800) . Gen. ZooL, 1 (2):432.

TYPE LOCALITY: French Guiana, Cayenne .

DISTRIBUTION: Brazil; Paraguay; N. Argentina; French Guiana; Guyana; Surinam.

COMMENT: Includes emiliae; see Cabrera, 1958:9. M. emiliae is considered a valid species according to Pine and Handley, in prep (RHP) and touan is probably a junior synonym of brevicaudata (RHP) .