Tlacuatzin canescens

Tlacuatzin canescens

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 canescens

Name

Tlacuatzin canescens (J.A. Allen, 1893)

• Holotype: AMNH MO-2433/AMNH MS-3111, adult ♂, skin and skull, collected by Audley C. Buller on 30 April 1890.
• Type locality: “Santo Domingo de Guzman, Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico”.

Combinations

• Didelphis (Micoureus) canescens Allen, 1893: 235 [original combination]
• Marmosa canescens: Allen, 1897: 58 [subsequent combination]
• Tlacuatzin canescens: Voss & Jansa, 2003: 61 [subsequent combination]

Synonyms

• Marmosa oaxacae Merriam, 1897: 43
  • Holotype: USNM 68240, adult ♀, skin and skull, collected by Edward Alphonso Goldman and Edward William Nelson on 14 August 1894.
  • Type locality: “City of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Mexico”.

References

Primary references

• Allen, J.A. 1893. Description of a new species of opossum from the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, Mexico. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 5(14): 235–236. BHL Reference page. 
• Allen, J.A. 1897. Further notes on mammals collected in Mexico by Dr. Audley C. Buller, with descriptions of new species. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 9: 47–58. BHL Reference page. 
• Merriam, C.H. 1897. Descriptions of two new murine opossums from Mexico. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 11: 43–44. BHL Reference page. 
• Voss, R.S. & Jansa, S.A. 2003. Phylogenetic studies on didelphid marsupials II. Nonmolecular data and new IRBP sequences: separate and combined analyses of didelphine relationships with denser taxon sampling. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 276: 1–82. hdl: 2246/444 Reference page. 

Additional references

• 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: Tehuantepec Gray Mouse Opossum