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/26195153

Original 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-b2f9-8e8103378b98

Type 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

Distribution notes

Found throughout Amazonia from the Guianas, S Venezuela, and Colombia through N and W Brazil, E Ecuador, E Peru, and N Bolivia.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000042

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.

Didelphys (Micoureus) lepida

(O. Thomas, 1888)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

lepida

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1869.3.31.4

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/e3798f8c-cebb-409e-b2f9-8e8103378b98

Authority page

158

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26195153

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Marmosa lepida grandis

Tate, 1931

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

grandis

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1926.12.4.94

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/eca97a09-fde0-4aad-ae83-a0fb7be8bb31

Authority page

12

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Tate (1933:207) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15868)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Marmosa lepida

Tate, 1933

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

lepida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

204

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1933:204) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15868)
  2. Husson (1978:16) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/35225)
  3. Corbet & Hill (1980:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  4. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:21, 22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  5. Gardner & Creighton (1989:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34606595) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16904)
  6. Gardner (1993:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68997)
  7. Anderson (1997:150) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/5773)
  8. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  9. Voss, Gutiérrez, Solari, Rossi & Jansa (2014:18, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58785053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/33778)
  10. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:141) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  11. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12814) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  12. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12814) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  13. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000042) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  14. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12814/22173952) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Marmosa lepida lepida

Tate, 1933

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

lepida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

205

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

Tate (1933:205) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15868)

Thylamys lepida

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

lepida

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

10

Authority publication

London

Name usages

Corbet & Hill (1991:10) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

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