Marmosops parvidens

(Tate, 1931)

Delicate 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

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.

Original name as described

Marmosa parvidens

Other common names

Delicate Slender Mouse Opossum

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:18545

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"Hyde Park, 30 miles up the Demerara River," Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana.

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Guyana · Suriname · French Guiana · Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

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