Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus, 1758 . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:54.

TYPE LOCALITY: Surinam .

DISTRIBUTION: Tamaulipas (Mexico) to Peru, Bolivia, Paraguay, N.E. Argentina, Trinidad, and Lesser Antilles.

COMMENT: D. azarae is a junior synonym; see Hershkovitz, 1969, Quart. Rev. Biol., 44:1 -70. Revised by Gardner, 1973, Spec. Publ. Mus. Texas Tech Univ., 4:1 -81. Type locality discussed by Thomas, 1911, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1911: 143.

ISIS NUMBER: 5301402001004002001 as D. marsupialis ..

5301402001004001001 as D. azarae .