Marmosops fuscatus

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 Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Ordo: Didelphimorphia

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Thylamyini
Genus: Marmosops
Subgenus: Marmosops (Sciophanes)
Species: Marmosops fuscatus

Name

Marmosops fuscatus (Thomas, 1896)

• Holotype: BMNH 1896.11.1.6, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by Salamón Briceño, Gabaldón on 6 April 1896.
• Type locality: “Rio Abbaregas, Merida, Venezuela, alt. 1630 metres”.

Combinations

• Marmosa fuscata Thomas, 1896: 313 [original combination]
• Didelphys (Marmosa) fuscata: Trouessart, 1898: 1240 [subsequent combination]
• Marmosa (Marmosa) fuscata: Cabrera, 1919: 36 [subsequent combination]
• Marmosops fuscatus: Gardner & Creighton, 1989: 4 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Marmosa cracens Handley & Gordon, 1979: 66 [synonymised by Díaz-Nieto & Voss (2016: 35, 37)]
  • Holotype: USNM 418503, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Norman E. Peterson, F.P. Brown, Jr., and J.O. Matson on 11 November 1967.
  • Type locality: “near La Pastora (11°12'N, 68°37'W), 150 m, 14 km ENE Mirimire, Falcon, Venezuela”

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1896. On new small mammals from the Neotropical region. The Annals And Magazine of Natural History series 6 18: 301-314. DOI: 10.1080/00222939608680459 BHL 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. 
• Handley, Jr., C.O. & Gordon, L.K. 1979. New species of mammals from northern South America: Mouse possums, genus Marmosa Gray. Pp. 65–72 in Eisenberg, J.F. (ed.). Vertebrate Ecology in the Northern Neotropics. Smithsonian Institution Press: Washington. 271 pp. 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. 

Links

• Pérez-Hernandez, R., Ventura, J. & López Fuster, M. 2016. IUCN: Marmosops fuscatus  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T12819A22179192. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T12819A22179192.en. Accessed on 30 April 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Dusky Slender Opossum