Marmosa

Marmosa robinsoni

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Didelphimorphia
Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Ordo: Didelphimorphia

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Marmosini
Genus: Marmosa
Subgenera: M. (Marmosa) – M. (Micoureus)

Overview of species

M. alstoni – M. andersoni – M. constantiae – M. demerarae – M. isthmica – M. lepida – M. macrotarsus – M. mexicana – M. murina – M. paraguayana – M. phaea – M. regina – M. robinsoni – M. rubra – M. simonsi – M. tyleriana – M. waterhousii – M. xerophila – M. zeledoni

Name

• Marmosa Gray, 1821

Type species: Didelphis marina Gray, 1821 [incorrect subsequent spelling]

Synonyms

• Asagis Gloger, 1841
• Cuica Liais, 1872
• Didelphis Linnaeus, 1758
• Grayium Kretzoi & Kretzoi, 2000
• Grymaeomys Burmeister, 1854
• Micoureus Lesson, 1842
• Notagogus Gloger, 1841
• Opossum Schmid, 1818
• Sarigua Muirhead, 1819
• Stegomarmosa Pine, 1972

References

• Gray, J.E. 1821. On the natural arrangement of vertebrose animals. London Medical Repository 15 (1): 296–310.
• Marmosa in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• 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) DOI: 10.1206/708.1
• Pine, R.H. 1972: A new subgenus and species of murine opossum (genus Marmosa) from Peru. Journal of mammalogy, 53: 279–282.
• 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) DOI: 10.1206/334.1
• Voss, R.S., Gutiérrez, E.E., Solari, S., Rossi, R.V. & Jansa, S.A. 2014. Phylogenetic relationships of mouse opossums (Didelphidae, Marmosa) with a revised subgeneric classification and notes on sympatric diversity. American Museum Novitates 3817: 1–27. DOI: 10.1206/3817.1 Full article Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Mouse Opossums