Micoureus paraguayanus Tate 1931

Micoureus paraguayanus Tate 1931, Am. Mus. Novit., 493: 1.

Type Locality: Paraguay, Guairá, "Villa Rica." .

Vernacular Names: Tate's Woolly Mouse Opossum.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Micoureus paraguayanus subsp. paraguayanus Tate 1931

Subspecies Micoureus paraguayanus subsp. travassosi Miranda-Ribeiro 1936

Distribution: E Brazil from Minas Gerais and S Bahia south to Rio Grande do Sul and E Paraguay.

Discussion: Previously included under Marmosa cinerea; original name Didelphis cinerea Temminck, 1824, preoccupied by D. cinerea Goldfuss, 1812 . Included in M. demerarae by Gardner (1993); see review by Patton and Costa (2003).