Tlacuatzin gaumeri

Tlacuatzin gaumeri

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: Marmosini
Genus: Tlacuatzin
Species: Tlacuatzin gaumeri

Name

Tlacuatzin gaumeri (Osgood, 1913)

• Holotype: FMNH 19995, subadult indet., skin and skull, collected by G.F. Gaumer in November 1912.
• Type locality: “Yaxcaba, southwest of Chichen Itza, Yucatan, Mexico”.

Combinations

• Marmosa gaumeri Osgood, 1913: 175 [Original combination]
• Tlacuatzin canescens gaumeri: Gardner, 2005: 18 [subsequent combination]
• Tlacuatzin gaumeri: Arcangeli, Light & Cervantes, 2018: 152 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Osgood, W.H. 1913. Two New Mouse Opossums from Yucatan. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 26: 175–176. BHL Reference page. 
• Gardner, A.L. 2005. Order Didelphimorphia. Pp. 3–18 in Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.) . Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 
• Arcangeli, J., Light, J.E. & Cervantes, F.A. 2018. Molecular and morphological evidence of the diversification in the gray mouse opossum, Tlacuatzin canescens (Didelphimorphia), with description of a new species. Journal of Mammalogy 99(1): 138–158. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyx173 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Yucatan Gray Mouse Opossum