Philander Tiedemann, 1808 . Allgemeine Zoologie, Mensch und Saugthiere, Landshut, Vol. 1, p. 426.

COMMENT: Pine, 1973, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 86:391 -402, presented arguments for using the name Metachirops Matschie, 1916 (Sitzb. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin, p. 262) for this genus, as did Husson, 1978:24- 28; they have been followed by Corbet and Hill, 1980:9, and Hall, 1981:8. However, evidence supports the usage followed here; see Hershkovitz, 1981, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., 93:943-946; Gardner, 1981, J. Mammal., 62:447.

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