Chironectes Illiger 1811 (water opossum)
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Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Alternative spelling: Cheironectes
Full reference: C. Illiger. 1811. Prodromus Systematis Mammalium et Avium
Parent taxon: Didelphini according to J. L. Patton et al. 1996
See also Carroll 1988, Gray 1825 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Hyperdidelphys, Lutreolina, Philander, Thylophorops
Subtaxa: Chironectes minimus
Ecology: amphibious omnivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Panama (1)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (1)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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