Marmosa xerophila

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
Subgenus: Marmosa (Exulomarmosa)
Species: Marmosa xerophila

Name

Marmosa xerophila Handley & Gordon, 1979: 68

• Holotype: USNM 443819, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Norman E. Peterson, F.P. Brown, Jr., and J.O. Matson on 28 June 1968.
• Type locality: “La Isla, 15 m, near Cojoro, 37 km NNE Paraguaipoa, Dpto. Guajira, Colombia”.

References

Primary references

• 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. 

Vernacular names

English: Dryland Mouse Opossum