Marmosa paraguayana

Tate, 1931

Southeastern Woolly Mouse Opossum

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Tate, G.H.H. 1931-09-26. Brief diagnoses of twenty-six apparently new forms of Marmosa (Marsupialia) from South America. American Museum Novitates 493:1-14.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/169751

Original name as described

Marmosa cinerea paraguayana

Other common names

Tate's Woolly Mouse Opossum

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1925.5.1.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c6620170-4834-4c90-9108-e2f97b6a84a3

Type locality

"Villa Rica," Guairá, Paraguay.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Paraguay

Taxonomy notes

moved from Micoureus to Marmosa

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.

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000048

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.

Didelphis cinerea

(Temminck, 1824)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

cinerea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

preoccupied

Type

AMNH MS-845

Type kind

lectotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-845

Authority page

46

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/52681155

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1827:211, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/54207679) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36839)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Marmosa cinerea paraguayana

Tate, 1931

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

paraguayana

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1925.5.1.15

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c6620170-4834-4c90-9108-e2f97b6a84a3

Authority page

1

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Marmosa cinerea travassosi

A. de Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

travassosi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

MN 1242

Type kind

lectotype

Authority page

366

Authority publication

Revista do Museu Paulista

Micoureus cinereus

(Lesson, 1842)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

cinereus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

186

Authority publication

Paris

Name usages

  1. Lesson (1842:186) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/36812)
  2. Lahille (1899:205, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/35147071) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/37834)

Didelphys cinerea

(Giebel, 1855)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

cinerea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

712

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548903

Authority publication

Leipzig

Name usages

Giebel (1855:712, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/45548903) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/38563)

Marmosa cinerea

Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1980

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

cinerea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

7

Authority publication

London

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)

Micoureus paraguayanus

(A. L. Gardner, 2005)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

paraguayanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Micoureus paraguayanus paraguayanus

(A. L. Gardner, 2005)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

paraguayanus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Micoureus paraguayanus travassosi

(A. L. Gardner, 2005)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

travassosi

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Marmosa paraguayana

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

paraguayana

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

143

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:143) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #400000249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000249) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000048) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136844/197321573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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