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Marmosops woodalli (Pine, 1981)

Woodall's Slender Opossum

Authority citation: Pine, R.H. 1981-05-15. Reviews of the mouse opossums Marmosa parvidens Tate and Marmosa invicta Goldman (Mammalia: Marsupialia: Didelphidae) with description of a new species. Mammalia 45(1):55-70.

Authority publication link: https://doi.org/10.1515/mamm.1981.45.1.55

Original name as described: Marmosa parvidens woodalli

Nominal names: woodalli (Pine, 1981)


Taxonomy

Subclass: Theria -- Infraclass: Marsupialia -- Order: Didelphimorphia -- Family: Didelphidae -- Subfamily: Didelphinae -- Tribe: Thylamyini

Type specimen voucher catalogue number: USNM:MAMM:393532

Type locality: the wooded area surrounding the Belém waterworks, Nova Área Experimental, Utinga (1° 27' S, 48° 29' W; ), Pará, 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 newly recognized since MSW3 2005.

IUCN Red List of Threatened Species status: Not evaluated


Species-specific notes: split from M. pinheiroi
Citation: Ferreira, C., de Oliveira, A. C. M., Lima-Silva, L. G., & Rossi, R. V. (2020). Taxonomic review of the slender mouse opossums of the "Parvidens" group from Brazil (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae: Marmosops), with the description of a new species. Zootaxa, 4890(2), 201-233.


Species Permalink: http://www.classic.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006512

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