Southern monito del monte

Southern monito del monte
Conservation status
	; Near Threatened (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Microbiotheria
Family:	Microbiotheriidae
Genus:	Dromiciops
Species:	D. gliroides
Binomial name
	Dromiciops gliroides; Thomas, 1894
Subspecies
	Dromiciops gliroides gliroides Thomas, 1894 ; Dromiciops gliroides mondaca D'Elía, Hurtado & D'Anatro, 2016 ;
	Distribution rangemap of Microbiotheriidae species. Dromiciops bozinovici in green, Dromiciops gliroides in red.
Synonyms
	Didelphys australis Goldfuss, 1812 ; Dromiciops australis F. Philippi, 1893 ;

The southern monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides) is a species of marsupial.

Taxonomy and etymology

Dromiciops gliroides was formerly considered the sole extant member of the order Microbiotheria.^[3] It was first described by British zoologist Oldfield Thomas in 1894.^[4] The specific name gliroides is a combination of the Latin glis, gliris ("dormouse", more generally "rodent") and Greek oides ("similar to"). The name australis as a synonym (D. australis, unavailable because it is a junior homonym) refers to the southern distribution of the animal.^[5]

References

↑ Martin, G.M. (2025). "Dromiciops gliroides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T281700363A281700389. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T281700363A281700389.en. Retrieved 16 August 2026.
↑ Quintero-Galvis, J. F.; Saenz-Agudelo, P.; Amico, G. C.; Vazquez, S.; Shafer, A. B. A.; Nespolo, R. F. (2022). "Genomic diversity and demographic history of the Dromiciops genus (Marsupialia: Microbiotheriidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 168 107405. Bibcode:2022MolPE.16807405Q. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107405. PMID 35033671.
1 2 Gardner, A.L. (2005). "SPECIES Dromiciops gliroides". 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. 21. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
↑ Thomas, Oldfied (1894). "On Micoureus* griseus, Desm., with the Description of a new Genus and Species of Didelphyidae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 6. 14 (81): 184–188. doi:10.1080/00222939408677788.
↑ Marshall, L.G. (1978). "Dromiciops australis" (PDF). Mammalian Species (99): 1–5. doi:10.2307/3504051. JSTOR 3504051. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-06-04.

[1] Martin, G.M. (2025). "Dromiciops gliroides". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2025 e.T281700363A281700389. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2025-2.RLTS.T281700363A281700389.en. Retrieved 16 August 2026.

[2] Quintero-Galvis, J. F.; Saenz-Agudelo, P.; Amico, G. C.; Vazquez, S.; Shafer, A. B. A.; Nespolo, R. F. (2022). "Genomic diversity and demographic history of the Dromiciops genus (Marsupialia: Microbiotheriidae)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 168 107405. Bibcode:2022MolPE.16807405Q. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107405. PMID 35033671.

[MSW3-3] 1 2 Gardner, A.L. (2005). "SPECIES Dromiciops gliroides". 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. 21. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

[4] Thomas, Oldfied (1894). "On Micoureus* griseus, Desm., with the Description of a new Genus and Species of Didelphyidae". The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; Zoology, Botany, and Geology. 6. 14 (81): 184–188. doi:10.1080/00222939408677788.

[marshall-5] Marshall, L.G. (1978). "Dromiciops australis" (PDF). Mammalian Species (99): 1–5. doi:10.2307/3504051. JSTOR 3504051. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-06-04.

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