Marmosops caucae

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

Marmosops caucae (Thomas, 1900)

Holotype: BMNH 1899.9.6.51, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by J.H. Batty in August 1897.
Type locality: “Rio Cauqueta, a tributary of the Cauca, near Cali, Colombia. Alt. 1000 m”.

Marmosops impavidus neblina Gardner, 1989: 414
- Holotype: USNM 560725, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by A.L. Gardner on 5 February 1985.
- Type locality: “Camp VII (00°50'40"N, 65°58'10"W), 1800 m, Cerro de la Neblina, Territorio Federal Amazonas, Venezuela”.

Thomas, O. 1900. Descriptions of new Neotropical Mammals. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7 5(26): 217–222. BHL Reference page.
Gardner, A.L. 1990. Two new mammals from southern Venezuela and comments on the affinities of the highland fauna of Cerro de la Neblina. pp. 411-424. In: Redford, K.H. & Eisenberg, J.F. (Eds.). Advances in Neotropical Mammalogy. Sandhill Crance Press, Gainesville, USA. 614p. ISBN 978-1-87774-302-3 Reference page.

English: Tschudi's Slender Opossum