The Quechuan mouse opossum (Marmosa macrotarsus),[2] also called the western Amazonian mouse opossum, is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae.[3] It was known from only two areas of montane forest on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Peru, at altitudes from 300 to 2700 m.[1]: at the type locality in the Valle de Occobamba is in the southern area, in Cuzco Region, and in the northern area is in the vicinity of Moyobamba in San Martín Region. A 2014 survey found this species in Bolivia and Brazil.[4] The northern Peruvian area has suffered from habitat destruction, but the southern area is not seriously degraded.[1] The name Marmosa macrotarsus may be preoccupied, and the name may revert to Marmosa quichua.[4]
| Quechuan mouse opossum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Marmosa |
| Subgenus: | Marmosa |
| Species: | M. macrotarsus
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| Binomial name | |
| Marmosa macrotarsus Wagner, 1842
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| Quechuan mouse opossum range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Micoureus quichua (Thomas, 1899) | |
References
edit- ^ a b c Solari, S. (2015). "Marmosa quichua". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015. IUCN: e.T136508A22173866. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T136508A22173866.en. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- ^ Voss, Robert S; Gutiérrez, Eliécer E; Solari, Sergio; Rossi, Rogerio V; Jansa, Sharon A (2014). "Phylogenetic relationships of mouse opossums (Didelphidae, Marmosa) with a revised subgeneric classification and notes on sympatric diversity". American Museum Novitates (3817): 1–27. doi:10.1206/3817.1. hdl:2246/6556. S2CID 52082932.
- ^ Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 9. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Gutiérrez, Eliécer E.; Jansa, Sharon A.; Voss, Robert S. (June 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. 2010 (3692). doi:10.1206/708.1. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
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