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 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).