Marmosops ocellatus

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Ordo: Didelphimorphia

Marmosops ocellatus (Tate, 1931)

Holotype: BMNH 1926.1.5.25, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by José Steinbach on 6 August 1924.
Type locality: “Buenavista, Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia”.

Marmosa ocellata Tate, 1931: 7 [Original combination]
Marmosa (Marmosops) dorothea ocellata: Anderson, Riddle, Yates & Cook, 1993: 14 [subsequent combination]
Marmosops dorothea ocellata: Gardner, 1993: 19 [subsequent combination, incorrect gender agreement]
Marmosops ocellatus: Voss, Tarifa & Yensen, 2004: 2 [subsequent combination]

Tate, G.H.H. 1931. Brief diagnoses of twenty-six apparently new forms of Marmosa (Marsupialia) from South America. American Museum Novitates 493: 1–14. hdl: 2246/3835 Reference page.
Voss, R.S., Tarifa, T. & Yensen, E. 2004. An introduction to Marmosops (Marsupialia, Didelphidae), with the description of a new species from Bolivia and notes on the taxonomy and distribution of other Bolivian forms. American Museum Novitates 3466: 1–40. hdl: 2246/2776 Reference page.

Tarifa, T. 2016. IUCN: Marmosops ocellatus (Least Concern) The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T136842A22178618. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136842A22178618.en. Accessed on 30 April 2024.

English: Spectacled Slender Opossum