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Marmosa mexicana (Mexican mouse opposum)

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia

Taxonomy
Marmosa mexicana was named by Merriam (1897). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Marmosa mexicana Merriam
1970Marmosa mexicana Dalquest and Roth p. 221

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Life
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
Didelphia
AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDidelphimorphiaGill 1872
Didelphidae()
subfamilyMarmosinaeReig et al. 1987
tribeMarmosiniReig et al. 1987
genusMarmosa
speciesmexicanaMerriam 1897

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Marmosa mexicana Merriam 1897 [Mexican mouse opposum]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialsubf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: carnivoreg
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-09-07 09:57:23
Modified: 2005-09-07 11:57:23
Source: g = genus, subf = subfamily, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Lillegraven 1979, Nowak 1991, Goin 1997, Carroll 1988

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Mexico (Tamaulipas) Marmosa mexicana (71264)