Woolly mouse opossum

The woolly mouse opossum or long-furred woolly mouse opossum (Marmosa demerarae), known locally as the cuíca,[3] is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae.[4] Its range includes central Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and northern Brazil.[5] It was formerly assigned to the genus Micoureus, which was made a subgenus of Marmosa in 2009.[6]

Long-furred woolly mouse opossum[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Marmosa
Subgenus: Micoureus
Species:
M. demerarae
Binomial name
Marmosa demerarae
(Thomas, 1905)
Long-furred woolly mouse opossum range
Synonyms

Micoureus demerarae
(Thomas, 1905)
Micoureus cinereus
(Temminck, 1824)

It generally lives in tropical, humid forest below 1,200 meter elevation as in the Andes and surrounding lowlands. It is often found on plantations or other disturbed areas as well as evergreen forests.[7]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Brito, D.; Astúa, D.; Lew, D.; Soriano, P. (2021). "Marmosa demerarae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T40510A197309091. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T40510A197309091.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  3. "Ecoparque de Una".
  4. 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.
  5. Gardner, A.L.; Creighton, G.K. (2007). "Genus Micoureus". In Gardner, A.L. (ed.). Mammals of South America. Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats. University of Chicago Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-226-28240-4.
  6. 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.
  7. Gardner, Alfred. Mammals of South America Volume 1. University of Chicago Press. p. 79.


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