McIlhenny's Four-eyed Opossum
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Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)
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| Philander mcilhennyi Gardner & Patton, 1972 |
The McIlhenny's Four-eyed Opossum, Philander mcilhennyi, is an opossum species from South America. It is 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.
[edit] References
- John F. Eisenberg and Kent H. Redford, 2000. Mammals of Neotropics: Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil.
- Gardner, Alfred (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 16. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
- Maggie Heyn Richardson, "Rara avis", Imagine Louisiana magazine, Spring 2007, pp. 46-48.
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