CLASS MAMMALIA. 



Order I. Marsup'ialia. Marsupials. 



Family I. I>id«'lpliyida*. 0|>okkiiiiik. 



Genus i. Chironeotes. 



Chironectes lUig., Prodr. Syst. Mamm. et Av., 1811, p. 76. Type 

 Latra! miuima Zimmermann. 

 Memina G. Fiscli.. Zoogn., in, 1814, p. 611. 



1. Chironectes minimus (Zimmermann). 



Latra! minima Zimm., Geog. Gesch., 11, 1780, p. 317. 



Mustela paragnensis Kerr, Linn. Anim. Kingd., 1792, p. 172. 



Mtistela guianensis Kerr, Linn. Anim. Kingd., 1792, p. 174. 



Didelphis! memina Cuv., Tabl. Element., 1798, p. 125. 



Ltttra sarcovienna Shaw, Gen. Zool., i, Pt. 11, 1800, p. 447. 



Chironectes variegatns Illig., Abh. Ak. Wiss. Berl., 1811, p. 107. 



Chironectes palmata Cuv., R^gn. Anim., i, 181 7, p. 174. 



Chironectes yapock Desm., Mamm., i, 1820, p. 261. 



Chironectes minimus Elliot, Mamm. Middle Amer. & W. Indies, 

 F. C. M. Pub., IV, Pt. I, 1904, p. 3, figs. I, I. Zool. Ser. 

 Water Opossum, Yapock. Zarro de Agua in Costa Rica; Tlacuazin 

 de Agua in Guatemala. 



Type locality. Guiana. 



Geogr. Distr. Guatemala, south through Central America to 

 southern Brazil. 



Genus 2. >I;u*iiiosa. 



Marmosa Gray, Lond. Med. Repos., xv, 182 1, p. 308. Type Didel- 

 phis! murina Linnaeus. 

 Micoureus Less., Tabl. Regn. Anim., Mamm., 1842, p. 186. 

 Asagis and Notagogus Glog., Hand- u. Hilfsb. Naturg., .1, 1841, 

 p. 82. 



