HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER DIDELPHIMORPHIA
--> FAMILY Didelphidae
--> SUBFAMILY Didelphinae
--> GENUS Marmosops
SPECIES Marmosops parvidens
Author: | Tate, 1931. | Citation: | Am. Mus. Novit., 493: 13. | Common Name: | Delicate Slender Opossum | Type Locality: | Guyana, East Demerara-West Coast Berbice, "Hyde Park, 30 miles [48 km] up the Demerara River." | Distribution: | E Colombia, N Venezuela, Guyana, French Guiana and N Brazil. | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (nt). | Comments: | Voss et al. (2001) considered Pine’s (1981) five subspecies to represent four species. The name parvidentata Tate, 1933, is an incorrect subsequent spelling of parvidens (Tate). |
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