Tlacuatzin balsasensis
Arcangeli, Light, & Cervantes, 2018
Balsas Gray Mouse Opossum
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
| Superorder | : Ameridelphia |
| Order | : Didelphimorphia |
| Family | : Didelphidae |
| Subfamily | : Didelphinae |
| Tribe | : Marmosini |
| Genus | : Tlacuatzin |
Species status
Authority citation
Arcangeli, J., Light, J.E. and Cervantes, F.A. 2018-01-05. Molecular and morphological evidence of the diversification in the gray mouse opossum, _Tlacuatzin canescens_ (Didelphimorphia), with description of a new species. Journal of Mammalogy 99(1):138-158.
Authority publication link
https://doi.org/10.1093/jmammal/gyx173Original name as described
Tlacuatzin balsasensis
Other common names
Balsas Mouse Opossum
Type material
ENCB 26195
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
14 km N, 11 km E Panindicuaro (20° 6' 35" N, 101° 38' 38" W), municipality of Purúandiro de Calderón, Michoacán, México.
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Mexico
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Arcangeli, J., Light, J. E., & Cervantes, F. A. (2018). Molecular and morphological evidence of the diversification in the gray mouse opossum, Tlacuatzin canescens (Didelphimorphia), with description of a new species. Journal of Mammalogy.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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