Marmosops bishopi

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 bishopi (Pine, 1981)

Holotype: USNM 393535, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by R.H. Pine on 5 July 1968.
Type locality: “264 k N (by road) Xavantina (locality is at 12°51' S, 51°46' W), Serra do Roncador, Mato Grosso, Brazil, ca. 1750 ft”.

Marmosa parvidens bishopi Pine, 1981: 63 [Original combination, as subspecies]
Marmosops parvidens bishopi: Gardner, 1993: 20 [subsequent combination]
Marmosops bishopi: Voss, Lunde & Simmons, 2001: 48 [subsequent combination, elevated to species]

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.

English: Bishop's Slender Opossum