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.
| McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Philander |
| Species: | P. mcilhennyi
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| Binomial name | |
| Philander mcilhennyi Gardner & Patton, 1972
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| McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum range | |
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
edit- ^ 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
edit- 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.
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