Order Didelphimorphia Author Alfred L. Gardner text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 15 23 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353070 1-56098-217-9 7353070 Philander opossum (Linnaeus, 1758) . Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1:55 . TYPE LOCALITY: "America;" restricted to Surinam by J. A. Allen (1900) and further restricted to Paramaribo , Surinam , by Matschie (1916) . DISTRIBUTION: Tamaulipas , México , through Central and South America to Paraguay and NE Argentina . SYNONYMS: azaricus Thomas, 1923; canus Osgood, 1913 ; crucialis Thomas, 1923; frenata Olfers, 1818 ; fuscogriseus J. A. Allen, 1900 ; grisescens J. A. Allen, 1901; melantho Thomas, 1923; melanurus Thomas, 1899; pallidus J. A. Allen, 1901; quica Temminck, 1824; superciliaris Olfers, 1818 ; virginianus Tiedemann, 1808 . COMMENTS: Corbet and Hill (1980) , Hall (1981) , Husson (1978) , and Pine (1973) used Metachirops opossum for this species.