Marmosa phaea

O. Thomas, 1899

Little 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

Thomas, O. 1899-01-01. On a new species of Marmosa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (7)3(13):44-45.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16025764

Original name as described

Marmosa phaea

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1898.9.5.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9de848ba-1500-46e0-a298-4963dba8eee9

Type locality

"San Pablo," Nariño, Colombia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia · Ecuador? · Brazil? · Venezuela? · Peru?

Distribution notes

From the Andean foohills of C Colombia (Cauca, Huila, and Nariño); specimens that potentially represent this species are known from Ecuador, Brazil, Peru, and Venezuela, although futher research is needed to confirm the taxonomic identity of these specimens.

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

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000051

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 phaea

O. Thomas, 1899

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

phaea

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.9.5.2

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/9de848ba-1500-46e0-a298-4963dba8eee9

Authority page

44

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/16025764

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1933:84) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15868)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1980:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  3. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  4. Voss, Gutiérrez, Solari, Rossi & Jansa (2014:17, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58785052) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/33778)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:144) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136244) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000051) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136244/22175055) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Marmosa pahea

Ceballos-Bendezu, 1981

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

pahea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

3

Authority publication

Boletín de Lima

Micoureus phaea

(Corbet & J. Edwards Hill, 1991)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

phaea

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)

Micoureus phaeus

(A. L. Gardner, 2005)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

phaea

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

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

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