Marmosa parda

Tate, 1931

Peruvian 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

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 germana parda

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:24140

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=b7b99e99-37c2-4047-9c2c-dcdde6faf2ca

Type locality

Huachipa, mouth of Rio Cayumba, upper Rio Hualaga, Huánuco, Peru.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

Distribution notes

Known from a few localities on the E Andean slopes of C Peru.

Taxonomy notes

moved from Micoureus to Marmosa; previously treated as synonym of M. germana and regina (now a suppressed name included under M. isthmica)

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, Robert S., et al. "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, no. 439)." (2020).

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000049

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.

Marmosa germana parda

Tate, 1931

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

parda

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:24140

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=b7b99e99-37c2-4047-9c2c-dcdde6faf2ca

Authority page

4

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Tate (1933:82) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15868)
  2. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Marmosa (Micoureus) parda

Voss, Giarla, Díaz-Nieto, & Jansa, 2020

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

parda

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

39

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60547281

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Voss, Giarla, Díaz-Nieto & Jansa (2020:39, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60547281) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/49807)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000049) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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