Marmosa rapposa

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: Marmosini
Genus: Marmosa
Subgenus: Marmosa (Micoureus)
Species: Marmosa rapposa

Name

Marmosa rapposa Thomas, 1899: 42

• Holotype: BMNH 1898.11.6.13, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by Otto Garlepp in December 1897.
• Type locality: “Vilcanota River just north of Cuzco, alt. 1500m”.

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1899. On some small mammals from the District of Cuzco, Peru. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 3(13): 40–44. DOI: 10.1080/00222939908678073 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Voss, R.S., Giarla, T.C., Díaz-Nieto, J.F. & Jansa, S.A. 2020. A revision of the didelphid marsupial genus Marmosa. Part 2. Species of the rapposa group (subgenus Micoureus). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 439: 1–62. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.439.1.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Bolivian Woolly Mouse Opossum