Marmosa nicaraguae

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Didelphimorphia

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Superphylum: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Megaclassis: Osteichthyes Cladus: Sarcopterygii Cladus: Rhipidistia Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes Cladus: Elpistostegalia Superclassis: Tetrapoda Cladus: Reptiliomorpha Cladus: Amniota Cladus: Synapsida Cladus: Eupelycosauria Cladus: Sphenacodontia Cladus: Sphenacodontoidea Cladus: Therapsida Cladus: Theriodontia Cladus: Cynodontia Cladus: Eucynodontia Cladus: Probainognathia Cladus: Prozostrodontia Cladus: Mammaliaformes Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Trechnotheria Infraclassis: Zatheria Supercohors: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Ordo: Didelphimorphia

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Marmosini
Genus: Marmosa
Subgenus: Marmosa (Micoureus)
Species: Marmosa nicaraguae

Name

Marmosa nicaraguae Thomas, 1905

• Holotype: BMNH 5.10.31.5, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Mervyn G. Palmer on 9 January 1905.
• Type locality: “Bluefiles, Nicaragua: sea level”.

Combinations

• Marmosa cinerea nicaraguae Thomas, 1905: 313 [Original description]
• Didelphis (Caluromys) nicaraguae: Matschie, 1916: 269 [subsequent combination]
• Marmosa alstoni nicaraguae: Tate, 1933: 69 [subsequent combination]
• Marmosa (Micoureus) nicaraguae: Voss, Giarla & Jansa: 2021: 11 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Thomas, O. 1905. New Neotropical Chrotopterus, Sciurus, Neacomys, Coendou, Proechimys, and Marmosa. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. Series 7 16 (93):308–314. BHL Reference page. 
• Matschie, P. 1916. Bemerkungen über die Gattung Didelphis L. Sitzungsberichte der Gesellschaft Naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin 1916:259–272. BHL Reference page. 
• Tate, G.H.H. 1933. A systematic revision of the marsupial genus Marmosa: with a discussion of the adaptive radiation of the murine opossums (Marmosa). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 66: 1–250. hdl: 2246/1036 Reference page. 
• Voss, R.S., Giarla, T.C. & Jansa, S.A. 2021. A Revision of the Didelphid Marsupial Genus Marmosa Part 4. Species of the Alstoni Group (Subgenus Micoureus). American Museum Novitates 3983: 1–31. DOI: 10.1206/3983.1 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Nicaraguan Woolly Mouse Opossum