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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER DIDELPHIMORPHIA
--> FAMILY Didelphidae
--> SUBFAMILY Didelphinae
--> GENUS Marmosa
SPECIES Marmosa murina
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 55. | | Common Name: | Linnaeus’s Mouse Opossum | | Type Locality: | "Asia, America;" restricted to Surinam by Thomas (1911a). | | Distribution: | Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil, E Ecuador, E Perú, and Bolivia. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Tate (1933) recognized 8 subspecies and Cabrera (1959) recognized 7; however, limits between subspecies are unclear and the species is treated here as monotypic pending revision. Work by Patton and Costa (2003) suggests that, as currently understood, murina is composite. The names marina E. Geoffroy, 1803, and marina Gray, 1821, are incorrect subsequent spellings of murina Linnaeus; waterhausi Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936, is an incorrect subsequent spelling of waterhousii (Tomes). Didelphis murina Linnaeus, 1758, is the type species of Asagis Gloger, 1841; Notagogus Gloger, 1841; Grymaeomys Burmeister, 1854; and Cuica Liais, 1872. |
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| Offspring: | Synonyms:
bombascarae Anthony, 1922
chloe Thomas, 1907
dorsigera (Linnaeus, 1758)
duidae Tate, 1931
guianensis (Kerr, 1792)
klagesi J. A. Allen, 1900
macrotarsus (Wagner, 1842)
madeirensis Cabrera, 1913
maranii Thomas, 1924
meridionalis Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936
moreirae Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936
muscula (Cabanis, 1848)
parata Thomas, 1911
roraimae Tate, 1931
tobagi Thomas, 1911
waterhousii (Tomes, 1860)
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