Tlacuatzin sinaloae

(J. A. Allen, 1898)

Northern Gray Mouse Opossum

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Ameridelphia
Order : Didelphimorphia
Family : Didelphidae
Subfamily : Didelphinae
Tribe : Marmosini
Genus : Tlacuatzin

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. 1898-04-12. Descriptions of new mammals from western Mexico and Lower California. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 10(8):143-158.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26893749

Original name as described

Marmosa sinaloae

Other common names

Northern Mouse Opossum

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1898.3.2.161

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c296c5eb-1f1d-4840-826f-d4980e1eeb3d https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/db41bae5-0d36-4d8e-be6b-8ae4c8223f02

Type locality

Tatemales, Sinaloa, Mexico.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Mexico

Taxonomy notes

split from T. canescens

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000090

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 sinaloae

(J. A. Allen, 1898)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

sinaloae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1898.3.2.161

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/c296c5eb-1f1d-4840-826f-d4980e1eeb3d https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/db41bae5-0d36-4d8e-be6b-8ae4c8223f02

Authority page

143

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/26893749

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

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

Marmosa canescens sinaloæ

(Tate, 1933)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

sinaloae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

142

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Tate (1933:142) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15868)
  2. Anderson (1972:395) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15657)

Tlacuatzin sinaloae

Arcangeli, Light, & Cervantes, 2018

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

sinaloae

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

153

Authority publication

Journal of Mammalogy

Name usages

  1. Arcangeli, Light & Cervantes (2018:153) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/34506)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #400000740) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000090) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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