Marmosops pakaraimae

Voss, B. K. Lim, Díaz-Nieto, & Jansa, 2013

Pantepui Slender Opossum

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : incertae sedis
Order : Didelphimorphia
Family : Didelphidae
Subfamily : Didelphinae
Tribe : Thylamyini
Genus : Marmosops
Subgenus : Sciophanes

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Voss, R.S., Lim, B.K., Díaz-Nieto, J.F. and Jansa, S.A. 2013-06-21. A new species of Marmosops (Marsupialia: Didelphidae) from the Pakaraima Highlands of Guyana, with remarks on the origin of the endemic Pantepui mammal fauna. American Museum Novitates 3778:1-27.

Authority publication link

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58901388

Original name as described

Marmosops pakaraimae

Type material

ROM:MAM:115129

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/rom/mammals?id=uri-catalog-rom-mammals-115129

Type locality

"Second Camp" (5° 17' N, 60° 45' W, 800 m above sea level), Mount Roraima, Cuyuni-Mazaruni Region, Guyana."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Guyana

Distribution notes

Known from only five localities in W Guyana and E Venezuela. Specimens reported from W Brazil are likely don't represent this species (Silva et al. 2017; Voss 2022).

Distribution references

e Silva, C. E. F., de Andrade, R. A., de Souza, É. M. S., Eler, E. S., da Silva, M. N. F., & Feldberg, E. (2017). Comparative cytogenetics of some marsupial species (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from the Amazon basin. Comparative Cytogenetics, 11(4), 703. · Voss, R. S. (2022). An annotated checklist of recent opossums (Mammalia: Didelphidae). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, 455(1), 1-76.

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Voss, R. S., Lim, B. K., Díaz-Nieto, J. F., & Jansa, S. A. (2013). A new species of Marmosops (Marsupialia: Didelphidae) from the Pakaraima Highlands of Guyana, with remarks on the origin of the endemic Pantepui mammal fauna. American Museum Novitates, 2013(3778), 1-27.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000120

Country distribution map

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Names and synonyms

Present and past (if available) associated names to the species. Click on a name to view its details. If the list is long, scroll down to see more.

Marmosops pakaraimae

Voss, B. K. Lim, Díaz-Nieto, & Jansa, 2013

Family

Didelphidae

Root name

pakaraimae

Validity status

species

Nomenclatural status

available

Type

ROM:MAM:115129

Type kind

holotype

Type specimen URI

http://portal.vertnet.org/o/rom/mammals?id=uri-catalog-rom-mammals-115129

Authority page

6

Authority page URI

https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/58901388

Authority publication

American Museum Novitates

Name usages

  1. Mittermeier & Wilson (2015:181) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/59410)
  2. Díaz-Nieto & Voss (2016:18) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/29024)
  3. Mammal Diversity Database (2018:ID #100000169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67336)
  4. Mammal Diversity Database (2019:ID #100000169) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67337)
  5. Mammal Diversity Database (2024, https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000120) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67250)
  6. International Union for the Conservation of Nature (2024, https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/51221900/51221937) (information at https://hesperomys.com/a/67246)

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