Marmosops caucae

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 (Marmosops)
Species: Marmosops caucae

Name

Marmosops caucae (Thomas, 1900)

• Holotype: BMNH 1899.9.6.51, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by J.H. Batty in August 1897.
• Type locality: “Rio Cauqueta, a tributary of the Cauca, near Cali, Colombia. Alt. 1000 m”.

Combinations

• Marmosa caucae Thomas, 1900: 221 [original combination]

Synonyms

• Marmosops impavidus neblina Gardner, 1989: 414
  • Holotype: USNM 560725, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by A.L. Gardner on 5 February 1985.
  • Type locality: “Camp VII (00°50'40"N, 65°58'10"W), 1800 m, Cerro de la Neblina, Territorio Federal Amazonas, Venezuela”.

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1900. Descriptions of new Neotropical Mammals. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7 5(26): 217–222. BHL Reference page. 
• Gardner, A.L. 1990. Two new mammals from southern Venezuela and comments on the affinities of the highland fauna of Cerro de la Neblina. pp. 411-424. In: Redford, K.H. & Eisenberg, J.F. (Eds.). Advances in Neotropical Mammalogy. Sandhill Crance Press, Gainesville, USA. 614p. ISBN 978-1-87774-302-3 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Tschudi's Slender Opossum