Marmosa Gray 1821 (mouse opossum)
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Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Parent taxon: Marmosini according to J. L. Patton et al. 1996
See also Carroll 1988, Ladaveze and Muizon 2010 and Salles et al. 2006
Sister taxa: Micoureus, Thylamys, Tlacuatzin, Zygolestes
Subtaxa: Marmosa collega Marmosa contrerasi Marmosa demerarae Marmosa domina Marmosa lepida Marmosa limae Marmosa mexicana Marmosa murina Marmosa paraguayana Marmosa regina Marmosa robinsoni Marmosa rubra
Ecology: scansorial carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (1 collection), Brazil (5), Mexico (2), Panama (1), Peru (5), Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (2)
• Miocene of Colombia (1), Peru (1)
Total: 19 collections including 21 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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