Marmosa

Marmosa é um gênero de marsupial da família dos didelfiídeos (Didelphidae). Inclui Micoureus que era considerado um gênero distinto, mas estudos moleculares demonstraram que o grupo estava inserido no gênero Marmosa.[2]

Marmosa[1]
Marmosa robinsoni
Marmosa robinsoni
Classificação científica
Reino: Animalia
Filo: Chordata
Classe: Mammalia
Infraclasse: Marsupialia
Ordem: Didelphimorphia
Família: Didelfiídeos
Subfamília: Didelfíneos
Género: Marmosa
Gray, 1821
Espécies
19, ver texto
Sinónimos
  • Micoureus Lesson, 1842

Espécies

19 espécies são reconhecidas:[3][4]

  • Marmosa alstoni (J. A. Allen, 1900)
  • Marmosa andersoni Pine, 1972
  • Marmosa constantiae (Thomas, 1904)
  • Marmosa demerarae (Thomas, 1905)
  • Marmosa isthmica Goldman, 1912
  • Marmosa lepida (Thomas, 1888)
  • Marmosa macrotarsus (Wagner, 1842)
  • Marmosa mexicana Merriam, 1897
  • Marmosa murina (Linnaeus, 1758)
  • Marmosa paraguayana (Tate, 1931)
  • Marmosa phaea (Thomas, 1899)
  • Marmosa regina (Thomas, 1898)
  • Marmosa robinsoni Bangs, 1898
  • Marmosa rubra Tate, 1931
  • Marmosa simonsi Thomas, 1899
  • Marmosa tyleriana Tate, 1931
  • Marmosa waterhousii (Tomes, 1860)
  • Marmosa xerophila Handley & Gordon, 1979
  • Marmosa zeledoni Goldman, 1917

Referências
  1. Gardner, A.L. (2005). «Order Didelphimorphia». In: Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World 3º ed. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494
  2. Voss, R.S.; Jansa, S.A. (2009). «Phylogenetic relationships and classification of didelphid marsupials, an extant radiation of New World metatherian mammals». Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 322: 1–177. doi:10.1206/322.1
  3. Rossi, R.V.; Voss, R.S.; Lunde, D.P. (2010). «A revision of the didelphid marsupial genus Marmosa. Part 1. The species in Tate's 'mexicana' and 'mitis' sections and other closely related forms». Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 334: 1–83
  4. Gutiérrez, E.E.; Jansa, S.A.; Voss, R.S. (2010). «Molecular systematics of mouse opossums (Didelphidae: Marmosa): Assessing species limits using mitochondrial DNA sequences, with comments on phylogenetic relationships and biogeography». American Museum Novitates. 3692: 1–22
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