Monodelphis atnericana (Muller, 1776) . Natursyst. Suppl., 7: 36.

TYPE LOCALITY: Brazil, Pernambuco .

DISTRIBUTION: S., E., and C. Brazil to French Guiana, Guyana, and Surinam.

COMMENT: Pine, 1976, J. Mammal., 57:785-787, and Pine, 1977, Mammalia, 41:235, considered umbristriata and iheringi to be distinct species, not subspecies of atnericana; see also Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936, Rev. Museu Paulista, 20:422, and Kirsch and Calaby, 1977:18, who also consider theresa as a possibly valid species (RGVG).

ISIS NUMBER: 5301402001011002001.