Tate's woolly mouse opossum

Species of marsupial

Tate's woolly mouse opossum
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[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. paraguayana
Binomial name
Marmosa paraguayana
Tate, 1931
Tate's woolly mouse opossum range
Synonyms

Micoureus paraguayanus
(Tate, 1931)
Micoureus travassosi
(Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936)

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]

References

  1. ^ a b c d 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.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ 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.
  4. ^ 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.
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Extant Didelphimorphia (opossums) species
Subfamily Caluromyinae
Caluromys
(Woolly opossums)
Subgenus Caluromys
Bare-tailed woolly opossum (C. philander)
Subgenus Mallodelphys
Derby's woolly opossum (C. derbianus)
Brown-eared woolly opossum (C. lanatus)
Caluromysiops
  • Black-shouldered opossum (C. irrupta)
Glironia
  • Bushy-tailed opossum (G. venusta)
Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. below)
Chacodelphys
  • Chacoan pygmy opossum (C. chacoensis)
Chironectes
  • Water opossum (C. minimus)
Cryptonanus
  • Agricola's gracile opossum (C. agricolai)
  • Chacoan gracile opossum (C. chacoensis)
  • Guahiba gracile opossum (C. guahybae)
  • Unduavi gracile opossum (C. unduaviensis)
Didelphis
(Large American
opossums)
  • White-eared opossum (D. albiventris)
  • Big-eared opossum (D. aurita)
  • Guianan white-eared opossum (D. imperfecta)
  • Common opossum (D. marsupialis)
  • Andean white-eared opossum (D. pernigra)
  • Virginia opossum (D. virginiana)
Gracilinanus
  • Aceramarca gracile opossum (G. aceramarcae)
  • Agile gracile opossum (G. agilis)
  • Wood sprite gracile opossum (G. dryas)
  • Emilia's gracile opossum (G. emilae)
  • Northern gracile opossum (G. marica)
  • Brazilian gracile opossum (G. microtarsus)
Hyladelphys
  • Kalinowski's mouse opossum (H. kalinowskii)
Lestodelphys
  • Patagonian opossum (L. halli)
Lutreolina
  • Big lutrine opossum (L. crassicaudata)
  • Massoia's lutrine opossum (L. massoia))
Marmosa
(Mouse opossums)
  • Alston's mouse opossum (M. alstoni)
  • Heavy-browed mouse opossum (M. andersoni)
  • White-bellied woolly mouse opossum (M. constantiae)
  • Woolly mouse opossum (M. demerarae)
  • Isthmian mouse opossum (M. isthmica)
  • Rufous mouse opossum (M. lepida)
  • Mexican mouse opossum (M. mexicana)
  • Linnaeus's mouse opossum (M. murina)
  • Tate's woolly mouse opossum (M. paraguayanus)
  • Little woolly mouse opossum (M. phaeus)
  • Quechuan mouse opossum (M. quichua)
  • Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum (M. regina)
  • Robinson's mouse opossum (M. robinsoni)
  • Red mouse opossum (M. rubra)
  • Tyler's mouse opossum (M. tyleriana)
  • Guajira mouse opossum (M. xerophila)
Marmosops
  • Bishop's slender opossum (M. bishopi)
  • Narrow-headed slender opossum (M. cracens)
  • Creighton's slender opossum (M. creightoni)
  • Dorothy's slender opossum (M. dorothea)
  • Dusky slender opossum (M. fuscatus)
  • Handley's slender opossum (M. handleyi)
  • Tschudi's slender opossum (M. impavidus)
  • Gray slender opossum (M. incanus)
  • Panama slender opossum (M. invictus)
  • Junin slender opossum (M. juninensis)
  • Neblina slender opossum (M. neblina)
  • White-bellied slender opossum (M. noctivagus)
  • Delicate slender opossum (M. parvidens)
  • Brazilian slender opossum (M. paulensis)
  • Pinheiro's slender opossum (M. pinheiroi)
Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. above)
Metachirus
  • Brown four-eyed opossum (M. nudicaudatus)
Monodelphis
(Short-tailed
opossums)
  • Sepia short-tailed opossum (M. adusta)
  • Northern three-striped opossum (M. americana)
  • Northern red-sided opossum (M. brevicaudata)
  • Yellow-sided opossum (M. dimidiata)
  • Gray short-tailed opossum (M. domestica)
  • Emilia's short-tailed opossum (M. emiliae)
  • Amazonian red-sided opossum (M. glirina)
  • Ihering's three-striped opossum (M. iheringi)
  • Pygmy short-tailed opossum (M. kunsi)
  • Marajó short-tailed opossum (M. maraxina)
  • Osgood's short-tailed opossum (M. osgoodi)
  • Hooded red-sided opossum (M. palliolata)
  • Peruvian short-tailed opossum (M. peruviana)
  • Reig's opossum (M. reigi)
  • Ronald's opossum (M. ronaldi)
  • Chestnut-striped opossum (M. rubida)
  • Long-nosed short-tailed opossum (M. scalops)
  • Southern red-sided opossum (M. sorex)
  • Southern three-striped opossum (M. theresa)
  • Red three-striped opossum (M. umbristriata)
  • One-striped opossum (M. unistriata)
Philander
(Gray & black four-
eyed opossums)
  • Anderson's four-eyed opossum (P. andersoni)
  • Deltaic four-eyed opossum (P. deltae)
  • Southeastern four-eyed opossum (P. frenatus)
  • McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum (P. mcilhennyi)
  • Mondolfi's four-eyed opossum (P. mondolfii)
  • Olrog's four-eyed opossum (P. olrogi)
  • Gray four-eyed opossum (P. opossum)
Thylamys
  • Cinderella fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. cinderella)
  • Elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. elegans)
  • Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. karimii)
  • Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. macrurus)
  • White-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pallidior)
  • Common fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pusillus)
  • Argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. sponsorius)
  • Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. tatei)
  • Dwarf fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. velutinus)
  • Buff-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. venustus)
Tlacuatzin
  • Grayish mouse opossum (T. canescens)
Taxon identifiers
Micoureus paraguayanus
Marmosa paraguayana
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