Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Cladus: Synapsida
Cladus: Eupelycosauria
Cladus: Sphenacodontia
Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea
Cladus: Therapsida
Cladus: Theriodontia
Cladus: Cynodontia
Cladus: Eucynodontia
Cladus: Probainognathia
Cladus: Prozostrodontia
Cladus: Mammaliaformes
Classis: Mammalia
Subclassis: Trechnotheria
Infraclassis: Zatheria
Supercohors: Theria
Cladus: Metatheria
Cladus: Marsupialiformes
Cohors: Marsupialia
Ordo: Didelphimorphia
Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Metachirini
Genus: Metachirus
Species (3): M. aritanai – M. myosuros – M. nudicaudatus
Name
Metachirus Burmeister, 1854: 135
Type species: Didelphis nudicaudata E. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, 1803, by subsequent designation by Thomas (1888).
References
Primary references
Burmeister, C.H.C 1854. Systematische Uebersicht der Thiere Brasiliens: welche während einer Reise durch die Provinzen von Rio de Janeiro und Minas geraës gesammlt oder beobachtet Wurden. Erster Theil. Säugethiere (Mammalia). Georg Reimer: Berlin. i–x + 341 pp BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.13607 Reference page.
Additional references
Voss, R.S., Fleck, D.W. & Jansa, S.A. 2019. Mammalian diversity and Matses ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru. Part 3: marsupials (Didelphimorphia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 432: 1–90. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.432.1.1 Open access Reference page.
Voss, R.S. 2022. An Annotated Checklist of Recent Opossums (Mammalia: Didelphidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 455: 1–76. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.455.1.1 Open access Reference page.
Miranda, C.L., Nunes, M. da S., Machado, A.F., Farias, I.P., Menezes, F.H., Ardente, N.C., Santos-Filho, M., Bredin, Y.K. & Silva, M.N.F. 2023. A new species of jupati, genus Metachirus Burmeister 1854 (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) for the Brazilian Amazon. Mammalia 87(2): 172–189. DOI: 10.1515/mammalia-2021-0176 Paywall Reference page.
Vernacular names
English: Brown Four-eyed Opossums
português do Brasil: Jupatis
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