Cladus: Eukaryota
Supergroup: Opisthokonta
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Theria
Infraclassis: Marsupialia
Ordo: Didelphimorphia
Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Genus: Chironectes
Species: Chironectes minimus
Name
Chironectes Illiger, 1811
Type species: Lutra minima Zimmerman, 1780
Synonyms
* Cheironectes Gray, 1827
* Cheironectes Jentink, 1888
* Cheronectis Fleming, 1822
* Chironeytes Goeldi & Hagmann, 1904
* Gamba Liais, 1872
* Memina G. Fischer, 1814
* Sarigua Muirhead, 1819
Vernacular names
References
* Chironectes on Mammal Species of the World.
Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2 Volume Set edited by Don E. Wilson, DeeAnn M. Reeder
* Prodr. Syst. Mammal. Avium., p. 76