| McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Philander mcilhennyi Gardner & Patton, 1972 | |
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| McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum range | |
McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum (Philander mcilhennyi) is a South American species of opossum. 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.
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| Philander mcilhennyi | |
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