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Marmosa
The nineteen species in the genus Marmosa are relatively small Neotropic members of the family Didelphidae.[1] This genus is one of three that are known as mouse opossums. The others are Thylamys (the "fat-tailed mouse opossums") and Tlacuatzin, the grayish mouse opossum. Members of the genus Marmosops used to be called "slender mouse opossums", but are now just called "slender opossums". The six members of the Marmosa subgenus Micoureus, known as "woolly mouse opossums", were formerly considered to be a separate genus,[2] but were moved into Marmosa in 2009.[3]
Mouse opossums are generally found in rainforests as they scavenge bromeliads for food.
The species in subgenus Marmosa (Gray, 1821) are:
- Marmosa andersoni
- Marmosa isthmica
- Marmosa lepida
- Marmosa mexicana
- Marmosa murina
- Marmosa quichua
- Marmosa robinsoni
- Marmosa rubra
- Marmosa simonsi
- Marmosa tyleriana
- Marmosa waterhousei
- Marmosa xerophila
- Marmosa zeledoni
The species in subgenus Micoureus (Lesson, 1842) are:
References
- ^ Gardner, Alfred L. (16 November 2005). "Order Didelphimorphia (pp. 3-18)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 8-10. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=10400070.
- ^ Gardner, Alfred L. (16 November 2005). "Order Didelphimorphia (pp. 3-18)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=10400116.
- ^ Voss, R. S.; Jansa, S. A. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships and classification of didelphid marsupials, an extant radiation of New World metatherian mammals". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 322: 1–177. http://hdl.handle.net/2246/5975. Retrieved 2012-01-18.
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