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Micoureus (woolly mouse opossum)
Taxonomy
Micoureus was named by Lesson (1842). It is extant.
It was assigned to Didelphidae by Carroll (1988); to Marmosini by Patton et al. (1996); and to Didelphinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
It was assigned to Didelphidae by Carroll (1988); to Marmosini by Patton et al. (1996); and to Didelphinae by Wilson and Reeder (2005).
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1842 | Micoureus Lesson |
| 1988 | Micoureus Carroll |
| 1996 | Micoureus Patton et al. p. 4 |
| 2005 | Micoureus Wilson and Reeder |
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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. Micoureus Lesson 1842 [woolly mouse opossum]
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Micoureus alstoni Allen 1900 [Alstons mouse opossum]
Micoureus constantiae Thomas 1903 [White-bellied woolly mouse opossum]
Micoureus demerarae Thomas 1905 [Woolly mouse opossum]
†Micoureus laventicus Marshall 1976
Micoureus paraguayanus Tate 1931 [Tates woolly mouse opossum]
Micoureus phaeus Thomas 1899 [Little woolly mouse opossum]
Micoureus regina Thomas 1898 [Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| Ramus height | 2 | 5.74 | 5.50 | 6.00 | 5.75 | 0.354 |
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| Source: subf = subfamily, f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum | |||||
| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Nowak 1991, Goin 1997, Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Holocene or 20.44000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma
Collections (11 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Burdigalian - Langhian | Peru (Cuzco) | Marmosa laventica (144513) | |
| Laventan | Colombia (Huila) | Marmosa laventica (133648 136233) Micoureus laventicus (187955 188243 188246 188249) | |
| Laventan | Colombia | Micoureus laventicus (13749 117981) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Brazil (Goiás) | Micoureus demerarae (211821) | |
| Holocene | Peru | Micoureus cinerea (21689) |