Tlacuatzin balsasensis

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: Tlacuatzin
Species: Tlacuatzin balsasensis

Name

Tlacuatzin balsasensis Arcangeli, Light & Cervantes, 2018: 153

• Holotype: ENCB 26195, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by José Juan Hernández Chávez on 21 November 1986.
• Type locality: “14 Km N, 11 Km E Panindicuaro, municipality of Purúandiro de Calderón, Michoacán, México (20°6′35″N, 101°38′38″W)”.

References

Primary references

• 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: Balsas Gray Mouse Opossum