Marmosops fuscatus

(O. Thomas, 1896)

Dusky Slender Opossum

Side view. Also as Dusky Slender Mouse Opossum|Gray-bellied Slender Mouse Opossum.
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Location:Venezuela, Miranda, Parque Nacional GuatopoDate taken:Jan 1, 1977

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 006

Taxonomy

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

Species status

Living
Found in the wild
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Thomas, O. 1896-10-01. On new small mammals from the Neotropical region. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)18(106):301-314.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19211254

Original name as described

Marmosa fuscata

Other common names

Dusky Slender Mouse Opossum · Gray-bellied Slender Mouse Opossum

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1896.11.1.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/28a28728-2d8c-4ea7-878b-b26592d6eb6a

Type locality

"Rio Abbarregas [= Río Albarregas], " Merida, Venezuela, alt. 1630 metres."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela

Distribution notes

Known only from four localities in NW Venezuela.

Taxonomy notes

includes cracens

Taxonomy notes citation

Díaz-Nieto, J.F. and 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 402:1-70. doi:10.1206/0003-0090-402.1.1

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000111

Country distribution map

The map below provides a general overview. Most species inhabit only specific regions within countries. Hover over the highlighted regions to see the country name.

Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details.

Total: 7 names and synonyms.

Marmosa fuscata

(O. Thomas, 1896)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

fuscatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1896.11.1.6

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/28a28728-2d8c-4ea7-878b-b26592d6eb6a

Authority page

313

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19211254

Authority publication

Annals and Magazine of Natural History

Name usages

  1. Thomas (1896:313, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/19211254) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15425)
  2. Allen (1911:246) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16009)
  3. Tate (1933:172) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/15868)
  4. Corbet & Hill (1980:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  5. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  6. Corbet & Hill (1991:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Didelphys fuscata

(Trouessart, 1905)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

fuscatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

856

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423737

Authority publication

Berlin

Name usages

Trouessart (1905:856, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/53423737) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59290)

Marmosa cracens

(Handley & Gordon, 1979)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

cracens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

USNM:MAMM:418503

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/31f93c4ff-1e1e-4c1e-ba55-3986ec7ec5a3

Authority page

66

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/59207580

Authority publication

Washington

Name usages

  1. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:20) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  2. Corbet & Hill (1991:9) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63070)

Marmosa crascens

(Reig, Kirsch, & L. G. Marshall, 1985)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

crascens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

342

Authority publication

Ameghiniana

Name usages

Reig, Kirsch & Marshall (1985:342) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/66375)

Marmosops cracens

A. L. Gardner & Creighton, 1989

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

cracens

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34606595

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Gardner & Creighton (1989:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34606595) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16904)
  2. Gardner (1993:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68997)
  3. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12817) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12817/22179053) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Marmosops fuscatus

A. L. Gardner & Creighton, 1989

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

fuscatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

4

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34606595

Authority publication

Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington

Name usages

  1. Gardner & Creighton (1989:4, https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34606595) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/16904)
  2. Gardner (1993:19) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/68997)
  3. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)
  4. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:185) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  5. Díaz-Nieto & Voss (2016:35) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29024)
  6. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  7. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12819) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  8. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000111) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  9. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12819/22179192) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Marmosops fuscatus fuscatus

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

fuscatus

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)

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