Marmosops ocellatus

(Tate, 1931)

Spectacled Slender Opossum

Taxonomy

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

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.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/169751

Original name as described

Marmosa ocellata

Type material

BMNH:Mamm:1926.1.5.25

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7d974456-f598-4b82-809f-4be4ecfc49b1

Type locality

"Buenavista, Department of Santa Cruz, Bolivia."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil · Bolivia

Taxonomy notes

split from dorothea, which is now a synonym of M. noctivagus

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

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000118

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 ocellata

(Tate, 1931)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

ocellatus

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

BMNH:Mamm:1926.1.5.25

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

https://data.nhm.ac.uk/object/7d974456-f598-4b82-809f-4be4ecfc49b1

Authority page

7

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Corbet & Hill (1980:8) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63069)
  2. Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)
  3. Gardner (2005) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/8547)

Marmosops ocellatus

Mittermeier & D. E. Wilson, 2015

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

ocellatus

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

name_combination

Authority page

184

Authority publication

Barcelona

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:184) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  2. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136842) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000118) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  5. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136842/22178618) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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