NORTH AMERICAN LAND MAMMALS. 3 



*Didelphis virginiana virginiana Kerr. 



1792. Didelphis virginiana Kerr, Anim. Kingd., p. 193. 



1885. Didelphys virginiana True, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol, 7 

 (1884), p. 587. 1885. 



Type Locality. — Virginia. 



Range. — From the Great Lakes southward to Oklahoma, north- 

 ern Texas, and nearly to the Gulf Coast; east to the lower 

 Hudson Valley and Long Island. 



*Didelpliis virginiana pigra Bangs. 



1898. Didelphis virginiana pigra Bangs, Proc. Boston Soc. Nat. 



Hist., vol. 28, p. 172. March," 1898. 

 Type Locality. — Oak Lodge, opposite Micco, Brevard County, 



Florida. 

 Range. — Florida, the lower coast region of Georgia, and the low 



Gulf Coast belt as far as western Louisiana 



*Didelphis marsupialis marsupialis Linnaeus. 



1758. [Didelphis] marsupialis Linn^us, Syst. Nat., 10 ed., vol. 1, 

 p. 54. 



1833. Didelphis califomica Bennett, Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 

 p. 40. 



Type Locality. — Mexico (Valley of Mexico, by restriction). 



Range. — From the coast of southern Tamauhpas south to Guate- 

 mala and west to the Pacific coast of Sinaloa and Guatemala. 



t*Didelphis marsupialis texensis Allen. 



1901. Didelphis inarsupialis texensis Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. 



Nat. Hist., vol. 14, p. 172. June 15, 1901. 

 Type Locality. — Brownsville, Cameron County, Texas. 

 Range. — The coast region of Texas from Nueces Bay southward, 



and the lower Rio Grande Valley, as far up the valley at least 



as Del Rio, Val Verde County. 



t*Didelphis marsupialis tabascensis Allen. 



1901. Didelphis marsupialis tabascensis Allen, Bull. iVmer. ^lus. 

 Nat. Hist., vol. 14, p. 173. June 15, 1901. 



Type Locality. — Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico. 

 Range. — From the vicinity of Vera Cruz to Frontera, Tabasco, 

 and across the State of Chiapas to northern Guatemala. 



Didelphis marsupialis battyi Thomas. 



1902. Didelphis marsupialis hattyi Thomas, Novitatcs Zoologicae, 

 vol. 9, p. 137. April, 1902. 



Type Locality. — Coiba Island, Panama. 



*Didelphis marsupialis insularis AUen (see page 399). 



