Interesting Facts
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
)
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
)
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
)
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
)
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
)
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
)
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
)
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
(
)
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
)
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
)
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
)
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
)
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
)
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Marsupialia
(
)
- (Illiger, 1811) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Ameridelphia
(
)
- (Szalay, in Archer, Ed., 1982) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Didelphimorphia
(
)
- (Gill, 1872) Marshall et al., 1990
- Family:
Didelphidae
(
)
- Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Didelphinae
(
)
- Tribe:
Monodelphini
(
)
- Subtribe:
Monodelphina
(
)
- Genus:
Marmosa
(
)
- Gray, 1821
- Specific name:
canescens
- Subspecies:
insularis
- Scientific name: - Marmosa canescens insularis
- Subspecies:
insularis
- Specific name:
canescens
- Genus:
Marmosa
(
- Subtribe:
Monodelphina
(
- Tribe:
Monodelphini
(
- Subfamily:
Didelphinae
(
- Family:
Didelphidae
(
- Order:
Didelphimorphia
(
- Magnorder:
Ameridelphia
(
- Cohort:
Marsupialia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Marmosa
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 20 species and subspecies in this genus:
M. alstoni (Alston's Woolly Mouse Opossum) · M. andersoni (Heavy-Browed Mouse Opossum) · M. canescens (Grayish Mouse Opossum) · M. canescens canescens (Grayish Mouse Opossum) · M. constantiae (White-Bellied Wooly Mouse Opossum) · M. demerarae (Woolly Mouse Opossum) · M. lepida (Little Rufous Mouse Opossum) · M. mexicana (Mexican Mouse Opossum) · M. mexicana mexicana (Mexican Mouse Opossum) · M. murina (Linnaeus's Mouse Opossum) · M. murina murina (Linnaeus's Mouse Opossum) · M. paraguayanus (Tate's Woolly Mouse Opossum) · M. phaeus (Little Woolly Mouse Opossum) · M. quichua (Quechuan Mouse Opossum) · M. regina (Short-Furred Woolly Mouse Opossum) · M. robinsoni (Robinson's Mouse Opossum) · M. robinsoni robinsoni (Robinson's Mouse Opossum) · M. rubra (Red Mouse Opossum) · M. tyleriana (Murine Opossums) · M. xerophila (Guajira Mouse Opossum)
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Further Reading
- Atlas of New World marsupials / Barbara E. Brown. 102 2004 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 2004. url fig. 29 , p. 58.
Notes
Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 30, 2012.
Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2559423
