Dorothy's slender opossum

Dorothy's slender opossum
Dorothy's Slender Opossum[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Marmosops
Species: M. dorothea
Binomial name
Marmosops dorothea
(Thomas, 1911)
Dorothy's Slender Opossum range
Synonyms

M. ocellatus (Tate, 1931)
M. yungasensis (Tate, 1931)

Dorothy's Slender Opossum (Marmosops dorothea) is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is found in Brazil and Bolivia. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

Recent research suggests that M. dorothea is a synonym of M. noctivagus, the White-bellied Slender Opossum. On the other hand, M. ocellatus, a junior synonym of M. dorothea, may be a separate true species.[3]

References

  1. ^ Gardner, Alfred L. (16 November 2005). "Order Didelphimorphia (pp. 3-18)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 10. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=10400063. 
  2. ^ a b Solari, S. & Patterson, B. (2008). Marmosops ocellatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
  3. ^ Voss, Robert S.; Tarifa, Teresa; Yensen, Eric (2004-12-30). "An introduction to Marmosops (Marsupialia, Didelphidae), with the description of a new species from Bolivia and notes on the taxonomy and distribution of other Bolivian forms". American Museum Novitates (American Museum of Natural History) 3466: 1–40. http://digitallibrary.amnh.org/dspace/handle/2246/2776. Retrieved 2011-01-30. 
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