Marmosa zeledoni

E. A. Goldman, 1911

Zeledon's 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

Authority citation

Goldman, E.A. 1911-11-28. Three new mammals from Central and South America. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 24:237-239.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779581

Original name as described

Marmosa zeledoni

Type material

USNM:MAMM:12885 (= USNM:MAMM:A37133)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3bf2cfc70-2ef8-4718-ae8f-982166224eda

Type locality

"Navarro [near Orosi], Costa Rica."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Nicaragua · Costa Rica · Panama · Colombia

Distribution notes

Known from scattered localities from NC Nicaragua through Costa Rica, Panama, W Colombia, and NW Ecuador.

Taxonomy notes

split from M. mexicana

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.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000061

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 zeledoni

E. A. Goldman, 1911

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

zeledoni

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:12885 (= USNM:MAMM:A37133)

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/3bf2cfc70-2ef8-4718-ae8f-982166224eda

Authority page

238

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/3779581

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  2. Rossi, Voss & Lunde (2010:37, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/62193165) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3712)
  3. Gutiérrez, Jansa & Voss (2010:2, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59653756) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/3741)
  4. Voss, Gutiérrez, Solari, Rossi & Jansa (2014:15, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58785050) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/33778)
  5. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:138) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000573) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000061) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

Marmosa mexicana zeledoni

Tate, 1933

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

zeledoni

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

135

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1933:135) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15868)
  2. Goodwin (1946:287) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15800)

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