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Marmosa murina (Linnaeus's mouse opossum)

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia

Taxonomy
Didelphis murina was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Marmosa murina by Thomas (1911).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. cinerea

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Didelphis dorsigera Linnaeus p. 55
1758Didelphis murina Linnaeus p. 55
1911Marmosa murina Thomas p. 144

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—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()
—AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDidelphimorphiaGill 1872
—Didelphidae()
subfamilyMarmosinaeReig et al. 1987
tribeMarmosiniReig et al. 1987
genusMarmosaGray 1821
speciesmurina()

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 murina Linnaeus 1758 [Linnaeus's mouse opossum]
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Invalid names: Didelphis dorsigera Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
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: Carroll 1988, Hendy et al. 2009, Clemens 1979, Nowak 1991, Lillegraven 1979, Goin 1997

Age range: Holocene or 0.01170 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Marmosa murina (21687)