Order Didelphimorphia Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 3 18 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Metachirus nudicaudatus subsp. nudicaudatus E. Geoffroy 1803 Metachirus nudicaudatus subsp. nudicaudatus E. Geoffroy 1803 , Cat. Mamm. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat., Paris: 142 . Type Locality: French Guiana , "Cayenne." .