Marmosa mexicana

Marmosa mexicana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Didelphimorphia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Ordo: Didelphimorphia

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Marmosini
Genus: Marmosa
Species: Marmosa mexicana
Subspecies: M. m. mayensis – M. m. savannarum

Name

Marmosa mexicana Merriam, 1897

• Holotype: USNM 71526, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Edward Alphonso Goldman and Edward William Nelson on 28 February 1895.
• Type locality: “Juquila, Oaxaca”.

Combinations

• Marmosa murina mexicana Merriam, 1897: 44 [original combination, as subspecies]
• Marmosa mexicana: Bangs, 1902: 19 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

References

Primary references

• Merriam, C.H. 1897. Descriptions of two new murine opossums from Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 11: 43–44. BHL Reference page. 
• Bangs, O. 1902. Chiriqui Mammalia. Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 39(2): 17–51. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Rossi, R.V., Voss, R.S. & Lunde, D.P. 2010. A revision of the didelphid marsupial genus Marmosa. Part 1. The species in Tate's ‘mexicana’ and ‘mitis’ sections and other closely related forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 334: 1–83. DOI: 10.1206/334.1; hdl: 2246/6062 Reference page. 
• Gutiérrez, E.E., Jansa, S.A. & Voss, R.S. 2010. Molecular systematics of mouse opossums (Didelphidae: Marmosa): assessing species limits using mitochondrial DNA sequences, with comments on phylogenetic relationships and biogeography. American Museum Novitates 3692: 1–22. DOI: 10.1206/708.1 ; hdl: 2246/6076 Reference page. 

Links

• Martin, G.M. 2016. IUCN: Marmosa mexicana  (Least Concern). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T40504A22173751. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40504A22173751.en. Accessed on 08 May 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Mexican Mouse Opossum