Marmosops pakaraimae

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 pakaraimae

Name

Marmosops pakaraimae Voss, Lim, Díaz-Nieto & Jansa, 2013: 6

• Holotype: ROM 115129, adult ♂, skin, skull and postcranial skeleton, collected by Burton K. Lim and Deirdre M. Jafferally on 26 February 2003.
• Type locality: “"Second Camp" (5°17' N, 60°45' W, 800 m above sea level), Mount Roraima, Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, Guyana”.

References

Primary references

• Voss, R.S., Lim, B.K., Díaz-Nieto, J.F. & Jansa, S.A. 2013. A new species of Marmosops (Marsupialia: Didelphidae) from the Pakaraima Highlands of Guyana, with remarks on the origin of the endemic Pantepui mammal fauna. American Museum Novitates 3778: 1–27. DOI: 10.1206/3778.2 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Pantepui Slender Opossum