Marmosa demerarae

Marmosa demerarae

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Ordo: Didelphimorphia

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

Name

Marmosa demerarae Thomas, 1905

• Holotype: BMNH 1905.11.1.25, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by S.B. Warren on 29 June 1905.
• Type locality: “Comackka, SO miles up Demerara River, British Guiana”.

Combinations

• Marmosa cinerea demerarae Thomas, 1905: 313 [Original description]
• Didelphis (Caluromys) demerarae: Matschie, 1916: 269 [subsequent combination]
• Marmosa demararae demararae: Tate, 1933: 62 [subsequent combination, incorrect subsequent spelling]
• Micoures demararae: Reig, Kirsch & Marshall: 1985: 39 [subsequent combination, incorrect subsequent spelling]

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1905. New Neotropical Chrotopterus, Sciurus, Neacomys, Coendou, Proechimys, and Marmosa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7 16 (93):308–314. BHL Reference page. 
• Matschie, P. 1916. Bemerkungen über die Gattung Didelphis L. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1916: 259–272. BHL Reference page. 
• Tate, G.H.H. 1933. A systematic revision of the marsupial genus Marmosa: with a discussion of the adaptive radiation of the murine opossums (Marmosa). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 66: 1–250. hdl: 2246/1036 Reference page. 
• Reig, O.A., Kirsch, J.A.W. & Marshall, L.G. 1985. New conclusions on the relationships of the opossum-like marsupials with an annotated classification of the Didelphimorphia. Ameghiniana 21(2-4): 335–343. Abstract Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Northeastern Woolly Mouse Opossum