Marmosops pinheiroi

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

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Thylamyini
Genus: Marmosops
Subgenus: Marmosops (Sciophanes)
Species: Marmosops pinheiroi

Name

Marmosops pinheiroi (Pine, 1981)

• Holotype: USNM 461459 (field no. T-391, L5049), adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by personnel of the Institute Evandro Chagas on 8 May 1969.
• Type locality: “Rio Amapari, Serra do Navio (0°59' N, 52°03' W), Amapá, Brazil”.

Combinations

• Marmosa parvidens pinheiroi Pine, 1981: 61 [Original combination, as subspecies]
• Marmosops parvidens pinheiroi: Gardner, 1993: 20 [subsequent combination]
• Marmosops pinheiroi: Voss, Lunde & Simmons, 2001: 49 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

References

Primary references

• Pine, R.H. 1981. Reviews of the mouse opossums Marmosa parvidens Tate and Marmosa invicta Goldman (Mammalia: Marsupialia: Didelphidae) with description of a new species. Mammalia 45(1): 55–70. DOI: 10.1515/mamm.1981.45.1.55 Reference page. 
• Voss, R.S., Lunde, D.P. & Simmons, N.B. 2001. Mammals of Paracou, French Guiana: A Neotropical lowland rainforest fauna. Part 2: nonvolant species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 263: 1–236. hdl: 2246/386 Reference page. 

Additional references

• Ferreira, C., Oliveira, A.C.M., Lima-Silva, L.G. & Rossi, R.V. 2020. Taxonomic review of the slender mouse opossums of the “Parvidens” group from Brazil (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae: Marmosops), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4890(2): 201–233. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4890.2.3 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Pinheiro's Slender Opossum