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.

Authority publication link

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

Original name as described

Marmosa parvidens

Other common names

Delicate Slender Mouse Opossum

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:18545

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=564132d2-f8dd-404b-ba9c-2b393517a51c

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

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000121

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 parvidens

(Tate, 1931)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

parvidens

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:18545

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=564132d2-f8dd-404b-ba9c-2b393517a51c

Authority page

13

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

Honacki, Kinman & Koeppl (1982:22) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/63071)

Marmosops parvidens

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

parvidens

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 (2015:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #12824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #12824) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000121) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/12824/197313900) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

Marmosa parvidentata

(Tate, 1933)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

parvidentata

Validity status

synonym

Nomenclatural status

incorrectsubsequentspelling

Authority page

44

Authority publication

Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History

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