Marmosops

Marmosops incanus

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: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Cladus: Boreosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Ordo: Didelphimorphia

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Thylamyini
Genus: Marmosops
Subgenera (2): M. (Marmosops) – M. (Sciophanes)
Overview of species (21): M. bishopi – M. carri – M. caucae – M. chucha – M. creightoni – M. fuscatus – M. handleyi – M. incanus – M. invictus – M. juninensis – M. magdalenae – M. marina – M. noctivagus – M. ocellatus – M. ojastii – M. pakaraimae – M. parvidens – M. paulensis – M. pinheiroi – M. soinii – M. woodalli

Name

Marmosops Matschie, 1916: 267

• Type species: Didelphis incana Lund, 1840, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Matschie, P. 1916. Bemerkungen über die Gattung Didelphis L. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1916: 259–272. BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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. 
• Voss, R.S. & Jansa, S.A. 2009. Phylogenetic relationships and classification of didelphid marsupials, an extant radiation of New World metatherian mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 322: 1–177. hdl: 2246/5975 Reference page. 
• Díaz-Nieto, J.F. & Voss, R.S. 2016. A revision of the didelphid marsupial genus Marmosops, part 1. Species of the subgenus Sciophanes. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 402: 1–70. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090-402.1.1 Reference page. 
• Díaz-Nieto, J.F., Jansa, S.A. & Voss, R.S. 2016. DNA sequencing reveals unexpected Recent diversity and an ancient dichotomy in the American marsupial genus Marmosops (Didelphidae: Thylamyini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176(4): 914–940. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12343 Reference page. 
• Voss, R.S., Fleck, D.W. & Jansa, S.A. 2019. Mammalian diversity and Matses ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru. Part 3: marsupials (Didelphimorphia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 432: 1–90. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090.432.1.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Slender Opossums