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SPECIES Micoureus demerarae

Author:Thomas, 1905.
Citation:Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7, 16: 313.
Common Name:Woolly Mouse Opossum
Type Locality:Guyana, East Demerara-West Coast Berbice, "Comaccka, 80 miles [129 km] up Demerara River."
Distribution:Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Surinam, Brazil, E Perú, and E Bolivia.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Previously included under Marmosa cinerea (Temminck, 1824).
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SUBSPECIES demerarae

SUBSPECIES areniticola

SUBSPECIES dominus

SUBSPECIES esmeraldae

SUBSPECIES meridae

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