Marmosa lepida
(O. Thomas, 1888)
Rufous 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
Thomas, O. 1888-02-01. Diagnoses of four new species of Didelphys. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)1(2):158-159.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26195153Original name as described
Didelphys (Micoureus) lepida
Other common names
Little Rufous Mouse Opossum
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1869.3.31.4
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e3798f8c-cebb-409e-b2f9-8e8103378b98Type locality
"Peruvian Amazons." Restricted by O. Thomas in 1888 to "Santa Cruz, Huallaga R.," Loreto, Peru.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia · Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil · Ecuador · Peru · Bolivia
IUCN Red List status
Least Concern
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