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Marmosops Matschie 1916 (slender opossum)

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae

Parent taxon: Didelphidae according to J. L. Patton et al. 1996

Sister taxa: Caluromyinae, Caroloameghiana, Cladodidelphys, Cryptonanus, Dasyurina, Derorhynchinae, Didelphinae, Dimerodon, Eobrasiliinae, Herpetotheriinae, Hyladelphinae, Marmosinae, Marmosopsini, Peratotherium, Sparassocyninae, Sparassocynini, Thlaeodontinae, Thylamyinae

Subtaxa: Marmosops impavidus Marmosops incanus Marmosops noctivagus Marmosops parvidens Marmosops pinheiroi

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Ecology: scansorial omnivore-carnivore

Distribution: found only at Cocha Cashu Biological Station (Quaternary of Peru)

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