Chironectes minimus

Chironectes minimus (Zimmermann, 1780). Geogr. Gesch. Mensch. Vierf. Thiere, 2:317. TYPE LOCALITY: "Gujana;" restricted to Cayenne, French Guiana (Cabrera, 1958:44). DISTRIBUTION: Oaxaca and Tabasco, México, south through Central America to Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Perù, Venezuela, the Guianas, Paraguay, and NE Argentina. SYNONYMS: argyrodytes Dickey, 1928; bresslaui Pohle, 1927; cayennensis Turton, 1800; guianensis Kerr, 1792; gujanensis Link, 1795; langsdorffi Boitard, 1845; palmata Daudin, 1799; panamensis Goldman, 1914; paraguensis Kerr, 1792; sarcovienna Shaw, 1800; variegatus Olfers, 1818; yapock Desmarest, 1920. COMMENTS: Reviewed by Marshall (1973d, Mammalian Species, 109).Published as part of Alfred L. Gardner, 1993, Order Didelphimorphia, pp. 15-23 in Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition), Washington and London :Smithsonian Institution Press on page 16, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.735307