Marmosops creightoni

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 Cladus: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Ordo: Didelphimorphia

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Thylamyini
Genus: Marmosops
Subgenus: Marmosops (Marmosops)
Species: Marmosops creightoni

Name

Marmosops creightoni Voss, Tarifa & Yensen, 2004: 11

• Holotype: CBF 6552, adult ♂, body in alcohol with skull removed, collected by Eric Yensen on 5 August 1999.
• Type locality: “near the Saynani hydroelectric generating station (ca. 16°07'S, 68°05'W; 2500 m above sea level) in the valley of the Río Zongo, Departamento La Paz, Bolivia”.

References

Primary references

• Voss, R.S., Tarifa, T. & Yensen, E. 2004. An introduction to Marmosops (Marsupialia, Didelphidae), with the description of a new species from Bolivia and notes on the taxonomy and distribution of other Bolivian forms. American Museum Novitates 3466: 1–40. hdl: 2246/2776 Reference page. 

Links

• Tarifa, T. 2016. IUCN: Marmosops creightoni  (Data Deficient). The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2016: e.T136803A22178229. DOI: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136803A22178229.en. Accessed on 30 April 2024.

Vernacular names

English: Creighton's Slender Opossum