Micoureus Lesson 1842 (woolly mouse opossum)
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Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Parent taxon: Marmosini according to J. L. Patton et al. 1996
See also Carroll 1988 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Marmosa, Thylamys, Tlacuatzin, Zygolestes
Subtaxa: Micoureus alstoni Micoureus constantiae Micoureus demerarae Micoureus laventicus Micoureus paraguayanus Micoureus phaeus Micoureus regina
Ecology: scansorial insectivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Brazil (1 collection), Peru (1)
• Miocene of Colombia (8), Peru (1)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
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