Marmosops paulensis

(Tate, 1931)

Brazilian 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
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 incana paulensis

Other common names

São Paulo Slender Mouse Opossum

Type material

FMNH:Mamm:26576

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=e11b0586-2e9e-463b-b7e3-6993949683d7

Type locality

"Therezopolis, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo [sic], Brazil." Corrected by G. H. H. Tate in 1933 to "Therezopolis, Rio de Janeiro."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Brazil

IUCN Red List status

Least Concern

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000122

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 incana paulensis

(Tate, 1931)

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

paulensis

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

FMNH:Mamm:26576

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/fmnh/mammals?id=e11b0586-2e9e-463b-b7e3-6993949683d7

Authority page

8

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Marmosops paulensis

A. L. Gardner, 2005

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

paulensis

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 (2015:183) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #136278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #136278) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000122) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/136278/197314231) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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