Marmosa (Stegomarmosa) chachapoya Pavan et al. 2025 (mouse opossum)

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae

Full reference: S. E. Pavan, E. F. Abreu, P. Y. Sánchez-Vendizú and R. S. Voss. 2025. A new species of Marmosa (Mammalia, Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from Parque Nacional del Río Abiseo, Peru. American Museum Novitates 4037:1-18

Belongs to Marmosa (Stegomarmosa) according to S. E. Pavan et al. 2025

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: MUSM 48770, a skeleton. Its type locality is La Playa, which is in a Holocene terrestrial horizon in Peru.

Ecology: scansorial carnivore

Distribution: found only at La Playa

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