Marmosa murina

Marmosa murina

Marmosa murina — distribution map

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Marmosini
Genus: Marmosa
Species: Marmosa murina

Name

Marmosa murina (Linnaeus, 1758)

• Type locality: "Asia, America"; restricted to Surinam (Thomas 1911a)

Synonyms

• Didelphis murina (protonym)
• Didelphis dorsigera Linnaeus, 1758
• Didelphis marina J.E. Gray, 1821

References

Primary references

• Linnaeus, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio Decima, Reformata. Tomus I. Holmiæ (Stockholm): impensis direct. Laurentii Salvii. 824 pp. DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.542 BHL p. 55 BHL Reference page. 

Additional references

• Marmosa murina 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): 1–22 DOI: 10.1206/708.1

Vernacular names

čeština: Vačice trpasličí
Deutsch: Mauszwergbeutelratte
English: Linnaeus's Mouse Opossum
español: Marmosa común
suomi: Hiiriopossumi
français: Opossum murin
Nederlands: Aeneasrat
português do Brasil: cuíca
Runa Simi: Uqi chikayu
slovenčina: Marmóza myšovitá

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