Marmosa chachapoya

S. E. Pavan, de Abreu-Júnior, Sánchez-Vendizú, & Voss, 2025

Chachapoya Mouse Opossum

Holotype. Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru 48770.

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Location:Peru, San Martín department, Rio Abiseo National Park, upper Río Montecristo basin, archeological site of La Playa (7.66°S, 77.44°W, 2664 m)Date taken:16 August 2018Description:Holotype. Museo de Historia Natural, Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru 48770.

Distribution :

Known only from type locality.

Image courtesy of the ASM Mammal Images Library · MIL ID: 8197

Taxonomy

Subclass	: Theria
Infraclass	: Marsupialia
Superorder	: incertae sedis
Order	: Didelphimorphia
Family	: Didelphidae
Subfamily	: Didelphinae
Tribe	: Marmosini
Genus	: Marmosa
Subgenus	: Stegomarmosa

Species status

Living

Found in the wild

Authority citation

Pavan, S.E., Abreu-Júnior, E.F. de, Sánchez-Vendizú, P.Y. and Voss, R.S. 2025-06-19. A new species of Marmosa (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) from Parque Nacional del Río Abiseo, Peru. American Museum Novitates 4037:1-18.

Authority publication link

https://doi.org/10.1206/4037.1

Original name as described

Marmosa (Stegomarmosa) chachapoya

Type material

MUSM 48770

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"La Playa (7.66°S, 77.44°W, 2664 m), an archeological site in the upper Río Montecristo basin of Parque Nacional del Río Abiseo, San Martín department, Peru."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Peru

Distribution notes

Known only from the type locality in the upper Río Montecristo basin of Parque Nacional del Río Abiseo, San Martín Department, Peru.

Taxonomy notes

recently describe

Taxonomy notes citation

Pavan, S.E., Abreu-Júnior, E.F. de, Sánchez-Vendizú, P.Y. and Voss, R.S. 2025. A new species of Marmosa (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) from Parque Nacional del Río Abiseo, Peru. American Museum Novitates 4037:1-18. doi:10.1206/4037.1

IUCN Red List status

Not Evaluated

Species Permalink

https://mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1006953

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Names and synonyms

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Total: 1 name and synonym.

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