Marmosops handleyi

(Pine, 1981)

Handley'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
Listed in MSW3 2005

Authority citation

Pine, R.H. 1981-05-15. Reviews of the mouse opossums _Marmosa parvidens_ Tate and _Marmosa invicta_ Goldman (Mammalia: Marsupialia: Didelphidae) with description of a new species. Mammalia 45(1):55-70.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1981.45.1.55

Original name as described

Marmosa handleyi

Other common names

Handley's Slender Mouse Opossum

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:69838

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=8ca22206-d848-4053-96ac-3eba5bc2090d

Type locality

"9 Km S Valdivia, Antioquia, Colombia."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Colombia

IUCN Red List status

Critically Endangered

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000112

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 handleyi

(Pine, 1981)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

handleyi

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:69838

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=8ca22206-d848-4053-96ac-3eba5bc2090d

Authority page

67

Authority publication

Mammalia

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:21) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Marmosops handleyi

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

handleyi

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 (2015:182) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12820) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000112) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12820/22179321) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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