Marmosa andersoni

Pine, 1972

Anderson's Mouse Opossum

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Ameridelphia
Order : Didelphimorphia
Family : Didelphidae
Subfamily : Didelphinae
Tribe : Marmosini
Genus : Marmosa
Subgenus : Stegomarmosa

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pine, R.H. 1972. A new subgenus and species of murine opossum (genus Marmosa) from Peru. Journal of Mammalogy 53(2):279-282.

Authority publication link

https://www.jstor.org/stable/1379162

Original name as described

Marmosa (Stegomarmosa) andersoni

Other common names

Heavy-browed Mouse Opossum

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:84252

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=69945f45-c70b-42b5-8832-702ad39a455b

Type locality

"Hda. [= Hacienda] Villa Carmen, Cosñipata, Cuzco, Peru."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000037

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Marmosa (Stegomarmosa) andersoni

Pine, 1972

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

andersoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:84252

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=69945f45-c70b-42b5-8832-702ad39a455b

Authority page

279

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:7) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12812) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000037) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  8. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12812/22174790) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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