Tlacuatzin sinaloae

Tlacuatzin sinaloae

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: Tlacuatzin
Species: Tlacuatzin sinaloae

Name

Tlacuatzin sinaloae (J.A. Allen, 1898)

• Holotype: BMNH 1898.3.2.161, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Perry Oveitt Simons on 14 May 1897.
• Type locality: “Tatemales, State of Sinaloa”.

Combinations

• Marmosa sinaloae Allen, 1893: 143 [original combination]
• Marmosa canescens sinaloae: Tate, 1933: 142 [subsequent combination, reduced to subspecies]
• Tlacuatzin sinaloae: Arcangeli, Light & Cervantes, 2018: 152 [subsequent combination, restaured to species]

References

Primary references

• Allen, J.A. 1898. Descriptions of new mammals from western Mexico and Lower California. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 10(8): 143–158. 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. 
• Arcangeli, J., Light, J.E. & Cervantes, F.A. 2018. Molecular and morphological evidence of the diversification in the gray mouse opossum, Tlacuatzin canescens (Didelphimorphia), with description of a new species. Journal of Mammalogy 99(1): 138–158. DOI: 10.1093/jmammal/gyx173 Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Northern Gray Mouse Opossum