Marmosops (Sciophanes)

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: Thylamyini
Genus: Marmosops
Subgenus: Marmosops (Sciophanes)
Species (14): M. bishopi – M. carri – M. chucha – M. fuscatus – M. handleyi – M. invictus – M. juninensis – M. magdalenae – M. marina – M. ojastii – M. pakaraimae – M. parvidens – M. pinheiroi – M. woodalli

Name

Marmosops (Sciophanes) Díaz-Nieto, Jansa & Voss, 2016: 928

• Type species: Marmosa parvidens Tate, 1931, by original designation.

References

Primary references

• Díaz-Nieto, J.F., Jansa, S.A. & Voss, R.S. 2016. DNA sequencing reveals unexpected Recent diversity and an ancient dichotomy in the American marsupial genus Marmosops (Didelphidae: Thylamyini). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 176(4): 914–940. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12343 Reference page. 

Additional references

• García, F.J., Sánchez-Hernández, J. & Semedo, T.B.F. 2014. Descripción de una nueva especie de comadrejita ratona del género Marmosops Matschie, 1916 (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae). Therya 5(3): 701–723. DOI: 10.12933/therya-14-209 Reference page. 
• Díaz-Nieto, J.F. & Voss, R.S. 2016. A revision of the didelphid marsupial genus Marmosops, part 1. Species of the subgenus Sciophanes. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 402: 1–70. DOI: 10.1206/0003-0090-402.1.1 Reference page. 
• Ferreira, C., Oliveira, A.C.M., Lima-Silva, L.G. & Rossi, R.V. 2020. Taxonomic review of the slender mouse opossums of the “Parvidens” group from Brazil (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae: Marmosops), with description of a new species. Zootaxa 4890(2): 201–233. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4890.2.3 Reference page.