Marmosops juninensis

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 juninensis

Name

Marmosops juninensis (Tate, 1931)

• Holotype: AMNH 63864, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by H. Watkins on 25 November 1929.
• Type locality: “Utcuyacu, between Tarma and Chanchamayo, Province of Junin, Peru, 4800 feet”.

Combinations

• Marmosa juninensis Tate, 1931: 13 [original combination]
• Marmosa parvidens juninensis: Pine, 1981: 64 [subsequent combination]
• Marmosops parvidens juninensis: Gardner, 1993: 20 [subsequent combination]
• Marmosops juninensis: Emmons & Feer, 1990: 22 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Tate, G.H.H. 1931. Brief diagnoses of twenty-six apparently new forms of Marmosa (Marsupialia) from South America. American Museum Novitates 493: 1–14. hdl: 2246/3835 Reference page. 
• 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. 

Links

• Peralta, M. & Solari, S. 2016. IUCN: Marmosops juninensis  (Vulnerable). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T136364A22178449. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136364A22178449.en. Accessed on 29 April 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Junín Slender Opossum