Marmosops pakaraimae
Voss, B. K. Lim, Díaz-Nieto, & Jansa, 2013
Pantepui Slender Opossum
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
| Superorder | : Ameridelphia |
| Order | : Didelphimorphia |
| Family | : Didelphidae |
| Subfamily | : Didelphinae |
| Tribe | : Thylamyini |
| Genus | : Marmosops |
| Subgenus | : Sciophanes |
Species status
Authority citation
Voss, R.S., Lim, B.K., Díaz-Nieto, J.F. and Jansa, S.A. 2013-06-21. A new species of Marmosops (Marsupialia: Didelphidae) from the Pakaraima Highlands of Guyana, with remarks on the origin of the endemic Pantepui mammal fauna. American Museum Novitates 3778:1-27.
Authority publication link
https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58901388Original name as described
Marmosops pakaraimae
Type material
ROM:MAM:115129
Type kind
holotype
Type locality
"Second Camp" (5° 17' N, 60° 45' W, 800 m above sea level), Mount Roraima, Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, Guyana."
Biogeographic realm
Neotropic
Country distribution
Venezuela · Guyana
Taxonomy notes
recently described
Taxonomy notes citation
Voss, R. S., Lim, B. K., Díaz-Nieto, J. F., & Jansa, S. A. (2013). A new species of Marmosops (Marsupialia: Didelphidae) from the Pakaraima Highlands of Guyana, with remarks on the origin of the endemic Pantepui mammal fauna. American Museum Novitates, 2013(3778), 1-27.
IUCN Red List status
Vulnerable
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