Marmosa rutteri
O. Thomas, 1924
Bare-tailed Woolly Mouse Opossum
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
| Superorder | : Ameridelphia |
| Order | : Didelphimorphia |
| Family | : Didelphidae |
| Subfamily | : Didelphinae |
| Tribe | : Marmosini |
| Genus | : Marmosa |
| Subgenus | : Micoureus |
Species status
Authority citation
Thomas, O. 1924-05-01. On a collection of mammals made by Mr. Latham Rutter in the Peruvian Amazons. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (9)13(77):530-538.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1080/00222932408633067Original name as described
Marmosa rutteri
Type material
BMNH:Mamm:1924.2.22.67
Type kind
holotype
Type specimen URI
https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/223d83f6-ff6d-4ace-b5b9-84c159f59f51Type locality
Tushemo, near Masisea, Ucayali, Peru.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Colombia · Ecuador · Peru · Brazil
Distribution notes
Lowlands of SE Colombia, E Ecuador, E Peru, and W Brazil.
Taxonomy notes
moved from Micoureus to Marmosa; split from 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, R. S., Fleck, D. W., & Jansa, S. A. (2019). Mammalian diversity and Matses ethnomammalogy in Amazonian Peru Part 3: Marsupials (Didelphimorphia). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 2019(432), 1-90. · Voss, R. S., Giarla, T. C., Díaz-Nieto, J. F., & Jansa, S. A. (2020). 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, 439, 1-59. · Giarla, T. C. & Voss, R S. (2020). On the identity of Victoria's mouse opossum, Marmosa regina Thomas, 1898. American Museum Novitates, 3960, 1-16.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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