Marmosops carri

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 carri

Name

Marmosops carri (J.A. Allen & Chapman, 1897)

• Holotype: AMNH 7314/5922, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by F.M. Chapman on 20 March 1894.
• Type locality: “Caparo, Trinidad”.

Combinations

• Thylamys carri J.A. Allen & Chapman, 1897: 27 [Original combination]
• Didelphys (Marmosa) carri: Trouessart, 1905: 856 [subsequent combination]
• Marmosa (Thylamys) carri: Cabrera, 1919: 40 [subsequent combination]
• Marmosops fuscatus carri: Gardner & Creighton, 1989: 66 [subsequent combination]
• Marmosops (Sciophanes) carri: Díaz-Nieto & Voss 2016: 28 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Allen, J.A. & Chapman, F.M. 1897. On a second collection of mammals from the island of Trinidad, with descriptions of new species, and a note on some mammals from the island of Dominica, W. I. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 9: 13–30. hdl: 2246/536 PDF Reference page. 
• Gardner, A.L. & Creighton, G.K. 1989. A new generic name for Tate's (1933) Microtarsus group of South American mouse opossums (Marsupialia: Didelphidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102(1): 3–7. BHL 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Carr's Slender Opossum