Authority citation: Petter, F. 1968. Une sarigue nouvelle du Nord-Est du Brésil, Marmosa karimii sp. nov. (Marsupiaux, Didelphidés). Mammalia 32(3):313-316.
Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1968.32.3.313
Original name as described: Marmosa karimii
Nominal names: karimii (F. Petter, 1968)
Other common names: Karimi's Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum|Karimi's Thylamys
Taxonomy
Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Marsupialia -- Order: Didelphimorphia -- Family: Didelphidae -- Subfamily: Didelphinae -- Tribe: Thylamyini
Type specimen voucher catalogue number: MNHN 1968-148
Type locality: "région d'Exu, Pernambuco, Brazil."
Country distribution (coarse map shown below; most species exist in only part of countries): Brazil (BRA)
Species Status: This species is currently living, it lives in wild habitats, its taxonomic status is currently accepted, and it is listed in MSW3 2005.
IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Vulnerable
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