Cryptonanus unduaviensis

(Tate, 1931)

Unduavi Mouse Opossum

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Ameridelphia
Order : Didelphimorphia
Family : Didelphidae
Subfamily : Didelphinae
Tribe : Thylamyini
Genus : Cryptonanus

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Tate, G.H.H. 1931-09-26. Brief diagnoses of twenty-six apparently new forms of Marmosa (Marsupialia) from South America. American Museum Novitates 493:1-14.

Original name as described

Marmosa unduaviensis

Other common names

Unduave Mouse Opossum

Type material

AMNH M-72563

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Pitiguaya, Rio Unduavi, Yungas," La Paz, Bolivia.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Bolivia · Paraguay

Taxonomy notes

moved from Gracilinanus to Cryptonanus; split from Gracilinanus agilis

Taxonomy notes citation

Voss, R. S., Lunde, D. P., & Jansa, S. A. (2005). On the contents of Gracilinanus Gardner and Creighton, 1989, with the description of a previously unrecognized clade of small didelphid marsupials. American Museum Novitates, 2005(3482), 1-36.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

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