Marmosops marina

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 marina

Name

Marmosops marina Ferreira, Oliveira, Lima-Silva & Rossi, 2020: 208

• Holotype: UFMT 4078, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Rogério V. Rossi on 7 May 2014.
• Type locality: “Fazenda São José (09°37'36" S, 56°04'46" W), right bank of Rio Teles Pires, municipality of Alta Floresta, state of Mato Grosso, Brazil”.

References

Primary 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: Silva's Slender Opossum