Tate's woolly mouse opossum
Tate's woolly mouse opossum (Marmosa paraguayana[2]) is an omnivorous, arboreal South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae,[3] named after American zoologist George Henry Hamilton Tate.[4] It is native to Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. The species lives in both primary and secondary forest, including forest fragments within grassland.[1] Insects are a major component of its diet.[1] It was formerly assigned to the genus Micoureus, which was made a subgenus of Marmosa in 2009.[2] While its conservation status is "least concern", its habitat is shrinking through urbanization and conversion to agriculture over much of its range.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Marmosa |
| Subgenus: | Micoureus |
| Species: | M. paraguayana |
| Binomial name | |
| Marmosa paraguayana (Tate, 1931) | |
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| Tate's woolly mouse opossum range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Micoureus paraguayanus | |
References
- Brito, D.; Astua de Moraes, D.; de la Sancha, N.; Flores, D. (2018) [amended version of 2015 assessment]. "Marmosa paraguayana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T136844A128973570. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018-1.RLTS.T136844A128973570.en. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
- Voss, R. S.; Jansa, S. A. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships and classification of didelphid marsupials, an extant radiation of New World metatherian mammals". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 322: 1–177. doi:10.1206/322.1. hdl:2246/5975. S2CID 85017821.
- Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 405. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.
- Gardner, Alfred L. (1 March 2008). Mammals of South America, Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats. University of Chicago Press. pp. 79–80. ISBN 978-0-226-28240-4. OCLC 644361912.