Woolly mouse opossum
| Long-furred woolly mouse opossum[1] | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Marmosa |
| Subgenus: | Micoureus |
| Species: | M. demerarae |
| Binomial name | |
| Marmosa demerarae (Thomas, 1905) | |
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| Long-furred woolly mouse opossum range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Micoureus demerarae (Thomas, 1905) | |
The woolly mouse opossum or long-furred woolly mouse opossum (Marmosa demerarae), known locally as the Cuíca,[3] is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae.[4] Its range includes central Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and northern Brazil.[5] It was formerly assigned to the genus Micoureus, which was made a subgenus of Marmosa in 2009.[6]
References
- ↑ Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Brito, D.; Astua de Moraes, D. & Soriano, P. (2011). "Marmosa demerarae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 18 January 2012.
- ↑ "Ecoparque de Una".
- ↑ Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Gardner, A.L.; Creighton, G.K. (2007). "Genus Micoureus". In Gardner, A.L. Mammals of South America. Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats. University of Chicago Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-226-28240-4.
- ↑ 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. doi:10.1206/322.1. hdl:2246/5975.
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