Lutreolina crassicaudata (Desmarest 1804)

[Didelphis] crassicaudata Desmarest 1804, Tabl. Meth. Hist. Nat., in: Nouv. Dict. Hist. Nat., Vol. 24: 19.

Type Locality: Paraguay, Asunción, by subsequent restriction (Cabrera, 1958:39).

Vernacular Names: Lutrine Opossum.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Lutreolina crassicaudata subsp. crassicaudata Desmarest 1804

Subspecies Lutreolina crassicaudata subsp. turneri Günther 1879

Distribution: South America in two populations: E Colombia, Venezuela, and W Guyana; E Bolivia, SE Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Argentina south to Provincia de Buenos Aires.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Reviewed by Marshall (1978 a, Mammalian Species, 91). The names crassicaudis Olfers, 1815, and mustelina Waterhouse, 1846, are nomina nuda.