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SPECIES Marmosops noctivagus

Author:Tschudi, 1844.
Citation:Fauna Peruana, 1: 148.
Common Name:White-bellied Slender Opossum
Type Locality:"Der mittleren und tiefen Waldregion"; restricted by Tate (1933) to Perú, Junín, Montaña de Vitoc, near Chanchamayo, Río Perené drainage.
Distribution:Amazonian Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, and adjacent Brazil.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).
Comments:Anderson (1997) recognized M. noctivagus keaysi in Bolivia. Nevertheless, noctivagus is too poorly known to assign names to subspecies with confidence.
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Synonyms:

    collega (Thomas, 1920)
    keaysi (J. A. Allen, 1900)
    leucastra (Thomas, 1927)
    lugenda (Thomas, 1927)
    neglecta (Osgood, 1915)
    polita (Cabrera, 1913)
    stollei (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936)

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