Marmosa macrotarsus

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Didelphimorphia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Olfactores 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: Metopophora Cladus: Haptodontiformes Cladus: Sphenacomorpha Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Pantherapsida Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Eutheriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Epicynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliamorpha Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Cladotheria Cladus: Prototribosphenida Cladus: Zatheria Cladus: Tribosphenida Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Superordo: Ameridelphia Ordo: Didelphimorphia

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Marmosini
Genus: Marmosa
Subgenus: Marmosa (Marmosa)
Species: Marmosa macrotarsus

Name

Marmosa macrotarsus (Wagner, 1842)

• Syntypes: NMW B-2610, adult ♂, skin and skull.
• Type locality: not stated, “on the Rio Madeira”.

Combinations

• Didelphys macrotarsus Wagner, 1842: 359 [original combination]

References

Primary references

• Wagner, J.A. 1842. Diagnosen neuer Arten brasilischer Säugthiere. Archiv für Naturgeschichte 8(1): 356-362.

Additional references

• 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 ; hdl: 2246/6556 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Western Amazonian Mouse Opossum