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Species of marsupial From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
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 |
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.
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