Marmosops incanus

Marmosops incanus

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 Cladus: Theriimorpha Cladus: Theriiformes Cladus: Trechnotheria Cladus: Zatheria Subclassis: Theria Cladus: Metatheria Cladus: Marsupialiformes Infraclassis: Marsupialia Ordo: Didelphimorphia

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Thylamyini
Genus: Marmosops
Subgenus: Marmosops (Marmosops)
Species: Marmosops incanus

Name

Marmosops incanus (Lund, 1840)

• Syntypes: ZMUC L.14, ZMUC L.15, ZMUC 223, ZMUC 224
• Type locality: “Lagoa Santa”, Minas Gerais, Brazil.

Combinations

• Didelphis incana Lund, 1840: 237 [Original combination]
• Didelphys (Metachirus) incana: Burmeister, 1854: 137 [subsequent combination]
• Micoureus incanus: Thomas, 1894: 186 [subsequent combination]
• Marmosa incana: Thomas, 1896: 313 [subsequent combination]
• Didelphys (Marmosa) incana: Trouessart, 1898: 1241 [subsequent combination]
• Didelphis (Marmosops) scapulata: Matschie, 1916: 271 [subsequent combination]
• Marmosa (Marmosa) incana: Cabrera, 1919: 37 [subsequent combination]
• Marmosops incanus: Gardner & Creighton, 1989: 4 [subsequent combination]

References

Primary references

• Lund, P.W. 1840. Fortsaettelse af Pattedyrene. Lagoa Santa den 12te Septbr. 1838. Det Kongelige Danske videnskabernes Selskabs naturvidenskabelige og mathematiske Afhandlinger ser. 4 8: 217–272 + 11 pls. BHL Reference page. 
• Gardner, A.L. & Creighton, G.K. 1989. A new generic name for Tate's (1933) Microtarsus group of South American mouse opossums (Marsupialia: Didelphidae). Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington 102(1): 3–7. BHL Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Gray Slender Opossum