Marmosa chachapoya
S. E. Pavan, de Abreu-Júnior, Sánchez-Vendizú, & Voss, 2025
Chachapoya Mouse Opossum
Taxonomy
| Subclass | : Theria |
| Infraclass | : Marsupialia |
| Superorder | : incertae sedis |
| Order | : Didelphimorphia |
| Family | : Didelphidae |
| Subfamily | : Didelphinae |
| Tribe | : Marmosini |
| Genus | : Marmosa |
| Subgenus | : Stegomarmosa |
Species status
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://hdl.handle.net/2246/7511Original 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. 2025-06-19. A new species of Marmosa (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) from Parque Nacional del Río Abiseo, Peru. American Museum Novitates 4037:1-18.
IUCN Red List status
Not Evaluated
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