McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum

McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Philander
Species:	P. mcilhennyi
Binomial name
*Philander mcilhennyi* Gardner & Patton, 1972

McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum range

McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum (Philander mcilhennyi) is a South American species of opossum.^[2] Found in Brazil and Peru, it is almost entirely black, except for white spots above each eye.

This species is named for John Stauffer "Jack" McIlhenny (1909-1997), a grandson of the founder of the McIlhenny Company, maker of Tabasco sauce. He funded the 1968 Louisiana State University expedition that discovered the species.

References

^ Costa, L.P.; Astúa, D.; Brito, D.; Cáceres, N. (2021). "Philander mcilhennyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T136501A197311360. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T136501A197311360.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
^ Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

External links

John F. Eisenberg and Kent H. Redford, 2000. Mammals of Neotropics: Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil.
Maggie Heyn Richardson, "Rara avis", Imagine Louisiana magazine, Spring 2007, pp. 46–48.

Extant Didelphimorphia (opossums) species

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Infraclass Marsupialia

Subfamily Caluromyinae

Caluromys (Woolly opossums)	Subgenus Caluromys Bare-tailed woolly opossum (C. philander) Subgenus Mallodelphys Derby's woolly opossum (C. derbianus) Brown-eared woolly opossum (C. lanatus)
Caluromysiops	Black-shouldered opossum (C. irrupta)
Glironia	Bushy-tailed opossum (G. venusta)

Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. below)

Chacodelphys	Chacoan pygmy opossum (C. chacoensis)
Chironectes	Water opossum (C. minimus)
Cryptonanus	Agricola's gracile opossum (C. agricolai) Chacoan gracile opossum (C. chacoensis) Guahiba gracile opossum (C. guahybae) Unduavi gracile opossum (C. unduaviensis)
Didelphis (Large American opossums)	White-eared opossum (D. albiventris) Big-eared opossum (D. aurita) Guianan white-eared opossum (D. imperfecta) Common opossum (D. marsupialis) Andean white-eared opossum (D. pernigra) Virginia opossum (D. virginiana)
Gracilinanus	Aceramarca gracile opossum (G. aceramarcae) Agile gracile opossum (G. agilis) Wood sprite gracile opossum (G. dryas) Emilia's gracile opossum (G. emilae) Northern gracile opossum (G. marica) Brazilian gracile opossum (G. microtarsus)
Hyladelphys	Kalinowski's mouse opossum (H. kalinowskii)
Lestodelphys	Patagonian opossum (L. halli)
Lutreolina	Big lutrine opossum (L. crassicaudata) Massoia's lutrine opossum (L. massoia))
Marmosa (Mouse opossums)	Alston's mouse opossum (M. alstoni) Heavy-browed mouse opossum (M. andersoni) White-bellied woolly mouse opossum (M. constantiae) Woolly mouse opossum (M. demerarae) Isthmian mouse opossum (M. isthmica) Rufous mouse opossum (M. lepida) Mexican mouse opossum (M. mexicana) Linnaeus's mouse opossum (M. murina) Tate's woolly mouse opossum (M. paraguayanus) Little woolly mouse opossum (M. phaeus) Quechuan mouse opossum (M. quichua) Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum (M. regina) Robinson's mouse opossum (M. robinsoni) Red mouse opossum (M. rubra) Tyler's mouse opossum (M. tyleriana) Guajira mouse opossum (M. xerophila)
Marmosops	Bishop's slender opossum (M. bishopi) Narrow-headed slender opossum (M. cracens) Creighton's slender opossum (M. creightoni) Dorothy's slender opossum (M. dorothea) Dusky slender opossum (M. fuscatus) Handley's slender opossum (M. handleyi) Tschudi's slender opossum (M. impavidus) Gray slender opossum (M. incanus) Panama slender opossum (M. invictus) Junin slender opossum (M. juninensis) Neblina slender opossum (M. neblina) White-bellied slender opossum (M. noctivagus) Delicate slender opossum (M. parvidens) Brazilian slender opossum (M. paulensis) Pinheiro's slender opossum (M. pinheiroi)

Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. above)

Metachirus	Brown four-eyed opossum (M. nudicaudatus)
Monodelphis (Short-tailed opossums)	Sepia short-tailed opossum (M. adusta) Northern three-striped opossum (M. americana) Northern red-sided opossum (M. brevicaudata) Yellow-sided opossum (M. dimidiata) Gray short-tailed opossum (M. domestica) Emilia's short-tailed opossum (M. emiliae) Amazonian red-sided opossum (M. glirina) Ihering's three-striped opossum (M. iheringi) Pygmy short-tailed opossum (M. kunsi) Marajó short-tailed opossum (M. maraxina) Osgood's short-tailed opossum (M. osgoodi) Hooded red-sided opossum (M. palliolata) Peruvian short-tailed opossum (M. peruviana) Reig's opossum (M. reigi) Ronald's opossum (M. ronaldi) Chestnut-striped opossum (M. rubida) Long-nosed short-tailed opossum (M. scalops) Southern red-sided opossum (M. sorex) Southern three-striped opossum (M. theresa) Red three-striped opossum (M. umbristriata) One-striped opossum (M. unistriata)
Philander (Gray & black four- eyed opossums)	Anderson's four-eyed opossum (P. andersoni) Deltaic four-eyed opossum (P. deltae) Southeastern four-eyed opossum (P. frenatus) McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum (P. mcilhennyi) Mondolfi's four-eyed opossum (P. mondolfii) Olrog's four-eyed opossum (P. olrogi) Gray four-eyed opossum (P. opossum)
Thylamys	Cinderella fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. cinderella) Elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. elegans) Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. karimii) Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. macrurus) White-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pallidior) Common fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pusillus) Argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. sponsorius) Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. tatei) Dwarf fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. velutinus) Buff-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. venustus)
Tlacuatzin	Grayish mouse opossum (T. canescens)

Taxon identifiers
Philander mcilhennyi	Wikidata: Q194606 Wikispecies: Philander mcilhennyi BioLib: 301893 CoL: 4G4WH EoL: 1036093 GBIF: 5219947 iNaturalist: 42584 ITIS: 709377 IUCN: 136501 MDD: 1000029 MSW: 10400155 NCBI: 42729 Open Tree of Life: 84809 Paleobiology Database: 284761

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