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Marmosa (mouse opossum)

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia

Taxonomy
Marmosa was named by Gray (1821). It is extant. It is the type genus of Marmosinae.

It was assigned to Marmosini by Patton et al. (1996); and to Didelphidae by Carroll (1988), Salles et al. (2006) and Ladaveze and Muizon (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1821Marmosa Gray
1988Marmosa Carroll
1996Marmosa Patton et al. p. 4
2006Marmosa Salles et al. p. 7
2010Marmosa Ladaveze and Muizon

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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
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDidelphimorphiaGill 1872
—Didelphidae()
subfamilyMarmosinaeReig et al. 1987
tribeMarmosiniReig et al. 1987
genusMarmosaGray 1821

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.

G. Marmosa Gray 1821 [mouse opossum]
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Marmosa collega Thomas 1920
†Marmosa contrerasi Mones 1980
Marmosa demerarae Thomas 1905
Marmosa domina Thomas 1920
Marmosa lepida Thomas 1888
Marmosa limae Thomas 1920
Marmosa mexicana Merriam 1897 [Mexican mouse opposum]
Marmosa murina Linnaeus 1758 [Linnaeus's mouse opossum]
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Invalid names: Didelphis dorsigera Linnaeus 1758 [synonym]
Marmosa regina Thomas 1898
Marmosa robinsoni Bangs 1898
Marmosa rubra Tate 1931
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: Nowak 1991, Goin 1997, Clemens 1979, Hendy et al. 2009, Carroll 1988, Lillegraven 1979

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.0 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Laventan13.8 - 11.0Colombia (Huila) Marmosa sp. (133648)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Peru (Santa Rosa) Marmosa sp. (232447)
Montehermosan5.0 - 3.8Argentina (Buenos Aires) Marmosa contrerasi (145757)
Chapadmalalan4.0 - 3.0Argentina (Buenos Aires) Marmosa indet. (14176)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Oaxaca) Marmosa canescens (71305)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) Marmosa sp. (92815)
Ensenadan1.75 - 0.4Argentina (Buenos Aires) Marmosa sp. (140803)
Lujanian0.781 - 0.012Peru (Piura) Marmosa sp. (145500)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Tamaulipas) Marmosa mexicana (71264)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Piaui) Marmosa cinerea (71332) Marmosa sp. (71334)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Marmosa sp. (71346)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Marmosa cinerea, Marmosa parvidens, Marmosa murina (21687)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Marmosa robinsoni (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Marmosa robinsoni (21686)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Marmosa sp. (71327 71328 71329)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Marmosa sp. (211634)