Dark four-eyed opossum

Dark four-eyed opossum
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Philander
Species:
P. melanurus
Binomial name
Philander melanurus
(O. Thomas, 1899)
Synonyms
List
  • Metachirus melanurus O. Thomas, 1899
  • Didelphis (Metachirops) melanurus (O. Thomas, 1899)
  • Holothylax opossum melanurus (O. Thomas, 1899)
  • Metachirops opossum melanurus (O. Thomas, 1899)
  • Philander opossum melanurus (O. Thomas, 1899)
  • Metachirus fuscogriseus J. A. Allen, 1900
  • Didelphis (Metachirops) fuscogriseus (J. A. Allen, 1900)
  • Holothylax fuscogriseus (J. A. Allen, 1900)
  • Metachirops opossum fuscogriseus (J. A. Allen, 1900)
  • Philander opossum fuscogriseus (J. A. Allen, 1900)
  • Metachirus grisescens J. A. Allen, 1901
  • Didelphis (Metachirops) grisescens (J. A. Allen, 1900)
  • Holothylax grisescens (J. A. Allen, 1901)
  • Metachirops opossum grisescens (J. A. Allen, 1901)
  • Metachirus opossum melantho O. Thomas, 1923
  • Metachirops opossum melantho (O. Thomas, 1923)

The dark four-eyed opossum (Philander melanurus) is a species of opossum from Central and South America.