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Under construction Taxon: Genus Marmosa Gray, 1821 - murine opossums
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Authorship

Original nameGray, 1821:308
Original rank
Original spelling

Types

Type, by monotypyMarmosa marina (Gray, 1821)
Nominotypical taxonMarmosa subg. Marmosa (Gray, 1821)

Synonyms

SynonymDidelphis (Genus) C. Linnaeus, 1758
SynonymGracilinanus (Genus) A.L. Gardner & G.K. Creighton, 1989[G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991]
IncludingMarmosops (Genus) Matschie, 1916[M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997]

Taxonomic positions

Subsequent positionMonodelphina (Subtribe) (Talice et al., 1960) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997[M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 71]

Vernacular Names

Dutch:dwergbuidelratten
English:mouse opossums; mouse-opossums; murine opossums

Number of Subtaxa

2013Available in Systema Naturae 20009s;11ss
2005A.L. Gardner[9s;11ss]
1993A.L. Gardner[9s]
1991G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill[22s]
1991R.M. Nowak3sg;46s
1982A.F. DeBlase[>35s]
1973W. Fiedler et al.>40s;~150ss
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