Marmosa mexicana

C. H. Merriam, 1897

Mexican Mouse Opossum

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Merriam, C.H. 1897-03-16. Descriptions of two murine opossums from Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 11:43-44.

Original name as described

Marmosa murina mexicana

Type material

USNM:MAMM:71526

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Juquila, Oaxaca," Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Nearctic · Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico · Guatemala · Belize · El Salvador · Honduras · Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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