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t*Metachirus nudicaudatus dentaneus Goldman. 



1912. Metachirus nudicaudatus dentaneus Goldman, Smiths. 

 Misc. Coll., vol. 56, No. 36, p. 2. February 19, 1912. 



Type Locality. — Gatun, Canal Zone, Panama. 



Genus PHILANDER Brisson. (Woolly Opossums.) 



1762. Philander Brisson, Regn. Anim., 2d. ed., p. 207. Type, 

 by tautonymy, Philander Brisson = Didelphis philander 

 Ljnn^us. (See Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 30, 

 p. 246, December 2, 1911.) 



1900. Caluromys Allen, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 13, 

 p. 189. October 12, 1900. Type, Didelphis philander Lin- 



N^US. 



Subgenus MALLODELPHYS Thomas. 



1916. Micoureus Matschie, Sitzungsber. Gesellsch. naturforsch. 

 Freunde, Berlin, p. 269. October, 1916. Type, Didelphis 

 laniger Desmarest. (Not Micoureus Lesson, 1842; type, 

 by subsequent selection, Thomas, 1888, Didelphis cinerea 

 Temminck.) 



1920. Mallodelphys Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 9, 

 vol. 5, p. 195. February, 1920. New name for Micoureus 

 Matschie. 



t*Philander centralis Ilollister. 



1914. Philander centralis Hollister, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washing- 

 ton, vol. 27, p. 103. May 11, 1914. 

 Type Locality. — Talamanca, Costa Rica. 



Philander laniger aztecus Thomas. 



1913. Philander laniger aztecus Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 

 Hist., ser. 8, vol. 12, p. 359. October, 1913. 



Type Locality. — San Juan de la Punta, Vera Cruz, Mexico. 



^Philander laniger derbianus (Waterhouse). 



1841. Didelphys derbianus Waterhouse, Jardine's Naturalist's 



Library, Mamm., vol. 11, p. 97. 

 1913. Ph[ilander] l[aniger] derbianus Thomas, Ann. and Mag. 



Nat. Hist., ser. 8, vol. 12, p. 358. October, 1913. 

 Type Locality.— Cauca Valley, Colombia. (Range extends to 



Panama; see Goldman, Smiths. Misc. Coll., vol. 09, No. 5, 



p. 54, April 24, 1920.) 



Philander laniger fervidus Thomas. 



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



(1884), p. 587. 1885. (Part.) 

 1913. Philander laniger fervidus Thomas, Ann. and Mag. Nat. 



Hist., ser. 8, vol. 12, p.' 359. October, 1913. 

 Type Locality. — Guatemala. 



