Marmosa germana
O. Thomas, 1904
Northwestern Woolly Mouse Opossum
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
| Superorder | : Ameridelphia |
| Order | : Didelphimorphia |
| Family | : Didelphidae |
| Subfamily | : Didelphinae |
| Tribe | : Marmosini |
| Genus | : Marmosa |
| Subgenus | : Micoureus |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1904-02-01. Two new mammals from South America. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)13(74):142-144.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/18618880Original name as described
Marmosa germana
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1880.5.6.77
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/1130331e-1df3-4079-af17-6eea552b141fType locality
Sarayacu, Pastaza, Ecuador.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia · Ecuador · Peru
Distribution notes
Known from scattered localities in SE Colombia, E Ecuador, and NE Peru.
Taxonomy notes
moved from Micoureus to Marmosa; split from regina
Taxonomy notes citation
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, 2014(3817), 1-27. · Voss, R. S., Fleck, D. W., & Jansa, S. A. (2019). Mammalian diversity and Matses ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru Part 3: Marsupials (Didelphimorphia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2019(432), 1-90. · Voss, R. S., Giarla, T. C., Díaz-Nieto, J. F., & Jansa, S. A. (2020). A revision of the didelphid marsupial genus Marmosa. Part 2, Species of the rapposa group (subgenus Micoureus). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 439, 1-59. · Voss, R. S. & Giarla, T. C. (2021) A revision of the didelphid Marsupial genus Marmosa Part 3. A new species from Western Amazonia, with the redescription of M. perplexa Anthony, 1922, and M. germana O. Thomas, 1904. American Museum Novitates, 3969, 1-28.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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