Marmosops creightoni
Voss, Tarifa, & Yensen, 2004
Creighton's Slender Opossum
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
| Superorder | : Ameridelphia |
| Order | : Didelphimorphia |
| Family | : Didelphidae |
| Subfamily | : Didelphinae |
| Tribe | : Thylamyini |
| Genus | : Marmosops |
| Subgenus | : Marmosops |
Species status
Authority citation
Voss, R.S., Tarifa, T. and Yensen, E. 2004-12. An introduction to Marmosops (Marsupialia, Didelphidae), with the description of a new species from Bolivia and notes on the taxonomy and distribution of other Bolivian forms. American Museum Novitates 3466:1-40.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/60848066Original name as described
Marmosops creightoni
Type material
CBF 6552
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"near the Saynani hydroelectric generating station (ca. 16°07'S, 68°05'W; 2500 m above sea level) in the valley of the Río Zongo, Departamento La Paz, Bolivia."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Bolivia
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Voss, R. S., Tarifa, T., & Yensen, E. (2004). An introduction to Marmosops (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), with the description of a new species from Bolivia and notes on the taxonomy and distribution of other Bolivian forms. American Museum Novitates, 2004(3466), 1-40.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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