NORTH AMERICAN RECENT MAMMALS. 7 



t*Marmosa zeledoni Goldman. 



1911. Marmosa zeledoni GoLDMA>r, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 

 vol. 24, p. 238. November 28, 1911. 



Type Locality. — Navarro, Costa Rica. 



Genus MONODELPHIS Burnett. 



1830. Monodelphis Burnett, Quart. Journ. Sci. Lit. Art, vol. 

 28, October to December, 1829, p. 351. Type, by subsequent 

 selection (Matschie, Sitzungsber. Gesellsch. naturforsch, 

 Freunde, Berlin, 1916, p. 271), DidelpMs hrevicaudata 

 Erxleben {hrachyuros Schreber). 



For use of this name in place of Peramys Lesson see Thomas, Ann. and 

 Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, vol. 5, p. 195, February, 1920. 



t*Monodelphis melanops (Goldman). 



1912. Peramys melanops Goldman, Smiths. jMisc. Coll., vol. 60, 

 No. 2, p. 2. September 20, 1912. 



Type Locality. — Cana, mountains of eastern Panama. Alti- 

 tude, 2,000 feet. 



Genus METACHIROPS Matschie. 



1916. Metachirops Matschie, Sitzungsber. Gesellsch. natur- 

 forsch. Freunde, Berlin, p. 262. October, 1916. Type, 

 DidelpMs quica Temminck. 



1919. Eolothylax Cabrera, Gen. Mamm., Monotr. Marsup., 

 p. 47. Type, Didelphis opossum Linn.^us. 



*Metachirops opossum fuscogriseus (Allen). 



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

 (1884), p. 587. 1885. (Not of Temminck.) 



1900. Metachirus fuscogriseus Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. 

 Hist., vol. 13, p! 194. October 23, 1900. 



Type Locality. — Grey town Nicaragua. (See Allen, Bull. 

 Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 30, p. 247. December 2, 1911.) 



t*Metachirops opossum pallidus (Allen). 



1901. Metachirus fuscogriseus pallidus Allen, Bull. Amer. 

 Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 14, p. 215. July 3, 1901. 



Type Locality. — Orizaba, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



Genus METACHIRUS Burmeister. 



1854. Metachirus Burmeister, Thiere Brasil., vol. 1, p. 135. 

 Type, Didelphys myosurus Temminck=Z>. nudicaudata 

 Geoffroy. 



