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Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Marsupials, Insectivores and Carnivores — John Shaqi

Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Marsupials, Insectivores and CarnivoresHall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)

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Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Marsupials, Insectivores and Carnivores

Name: Comments on the Taxonomy and Geographic Distribution of Some North American Marsupials, Insectivores and Carnivores
Author: Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)

Hall, E. Raymond (Eugene Raymond)

Mammals -- North America

1924. _Didelphis mesamericana mesamericana_, Miller. Bull. U.S.
        Nat. Mus., 128:3, April 29, 1924, and authors. Type locality,
        northern Mexico. (_Did[elphys]. mesamericana_ Oken, Lehrbuch d.
        naturgesch., pt. 3, vol. 2, p. 1152, 1816, along with other
        names from Oken 1816, is judged to be unavailable under current
        rules of zoological nomenclature.)

    _Didelphis marsupialis tabascensis_ J. A. Allen.

        1901. _Didelphis marsupialis tabascensis_ J. A. Allen, Bull.
        Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 14:173, June 15, type from Teapa,
        Tabasco.

    _Didelphis marsupialis yucatanensis_ J. A. Allen.

        1901. _Didelphis yucatanensis_ J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus.
        Nat. Hist., 14:178, June 15, type from Chichenitza, Yucatán.

    _Didelphis marsupialis cozumelae_ Merriam.

        1901. _Didelphis yucatanensis cozumelae_ Merriam, Proc. Biol.
        Soc. Washington, 14:101, July 19, type from Cozumel Island,
        Yucatan.

    _Didelphis marsupialis richmondi_ J. A. Allen.

        1901. _Didelphis richmondi_ J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat.
        Hist., 14:175, June 15, type from Greytown, Nicaragua.

        1920. _D[idelphis], m[arsupialis], richmondi_, Goldman,
        Smithsonian Misc. Coll., 69(5):46, April 24.

    _Didelphis marsupialis etensis_ J. A. Allen.

        1902. _Didelphis marsupialis etensis_ J. A. Allen, Bull. Amer.
        Mus. Nat. Hist., 16:262, August 18, type from Eten, Piura,
        Perú.

    _Didelphis marsupialis battyi_ Thomas.

        1902. _Didelphis marsupialis battyi_ Thomas, Novitates
        Zoologicae, 9:137, April 10, type from Coiba Island, Panamá.

    _Didelphis marsupialis particeps_ Goldman.

        1917. _Didelphis marsupialis particeps_ Goldman, Proc. Biol.
        Soc. Washington, 30:107, May 23, type from San Miguel Island,
        Panamá.

    _Didelphis marsupialis insularis_ J. A. Allen.

        1902. _Didelphis marsupialis insularis_ J. A. Allen, Bull.
        Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 16:259, August 18, type from Caparo,
        Trinidad.

In listing the subspecific names given immediately above we are aware
of the possibility that a thorough study of the geographic variation in
_Didelphis marsupialis_ may contract or expand the list of recognizable
subspecies. We are aware also that Hershkovitz (Fieldiana: Zoology, 31
(No. 47):548, July 10, 1951) has arranged several of the subspecific
names listed immediately above as synonyms of _Didelphis marsupialis
californica_ Bennett. We have not employed his arrangement because he
has not given proof that the currently recognized subspecies are
indistinguishable.


~Caluromys derbianus canus~ (Matschie)

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