Annotations on the taxonomy of the opossums (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) of Honduras
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Lizbeth Fabiola Bautista Alcantara
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Don E. Wilson
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Manfredo A. Turcios-Casco
Abstract
Information about opossums in Honduras has been scarce. Although there have been sporadic records of species, it was not clear which and how many species were occurring in the country because of taxonomic discussions and the group being understudied. Over the years, different authors studying mammals in Honduras have accepted or rejected the occurrence of some didelphid species. Herein we discuss the species of opossums occurring for Honduras based on taxonomic and distribution changes according to Voss, R.S. and Jansa, S.A. Opossums: an adaptive radiation of new world marsupials. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press (2021) latest reviews for opossum species.
Acknowledgments
The authors thank Christiane Denys and two anonymous reviewers for improving the manuscript. We dedicate this work to Nilton Cáceres who inspires us to work on this mammalian group in Honduras.
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Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
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Research funding: None declared.
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Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest regarding this article.
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