Marmosops carri

(J. A. Allen & F. M. Chapman, 1897)

Carr's Slender Opossum

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Allen, J.A. and Chapman, F.M. 1897-02-26. On a second collection of mammals from the island of Trinidad, with descriptions of new species, and a note on some mammals from the island of Dominica. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 9:13-30.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046585

Original name as described

Thylamys carri

Type material

AMNH MO-5922, AMNH MS-7314

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-5922 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-7314

Type locality

Caparo, Trinidad I, Trinidad and Tobago.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Trinidad and Tobago

Taxonomy notes

split from M. fuscatus

Taxonomy notes citation

Díaz-Nieto, J. F., & Voss, R. S. (2016). A revision of the didelphid marsupial genus Marmosops, Part 1. Species of the subgenus Sciophanes. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 1-70.

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000107

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.

Thylamys carri

(J. A. Allen & F. M. Chapman, 1897)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

carri

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

AMNH MO-5922, AMNH MS-7314

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-mo-5922 http://portal.vertnet.org/o/amnh/mammals?id=urn-catalog-amnh-mammals-ms-7314

Authority page

27

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/27046585

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

Marmosops fuscatus carri

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

carri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority publication

Baltimore

Name usages

  1. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  2. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)

Marmosops carri

Mammal Diversity Database, 2018

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

carri

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination · unpublished_electronic

Authority page

ID #100000574

Name usages

  1. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000574) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000107) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)

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