Marmosa simonsi

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: Marmosini
Genus: Marmosa
Species: Marmosa simonsi

Name

Marmosa simonsi Thomas, 1899: 287

• Holotype: BMNH 1899.8.1.20, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by Perry Oveitt Simons on 3 November 1898.
• Type locality: “Puná [=Puná Island]”, Guayas, Ecuador.

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1899. Descriptions of new Neotropical Mammals. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, series 7, 4(22): 278–288. DOI: 10.1080/00222939908678198 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Gutiérrez, E.E., Jansa, S.A. & Voss, R.S. 2010. Molecular systematics of mouse opossums (Didelphidae: Marmosa): assessing species limits using mitochondrial DNA sequences, with comments on phylogenetic relationships and biogeography. American Museum Novitates 3692: 1–22. DOI: 10.1206/708.1 ; hdl: 2246/6076 Reference page. 
• Rossi, R.V., Voss, R.S. & Lunde, D.P. 2010. A revision of the didelphid marsupial genus Marmosa. Part 1. The species in Tate's ‘mexicana’ and ‘mitis’ sections and other closely related forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 334: 1–83. DOI: 10.1206/334.1; hdl: 2246/6062 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Simons's Mouse Opossum