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Red mouse opossum

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Species of marsupial

Red mouse opossum
Conservation status

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Marmosa
Subgenus: Eomarmosa
Voss et al., 2014
Species: M. rubra
Binomial name
Marmosa rubra
Tate, 1931
Red mouse opossum range

The red mouse opossum (Marmosa rubra) is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. Its range includes eastern Ecuador and Peru.

References

  1. Solari, S. (2015). "Marmosa rubra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T40507A22174358. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T40507A22174358.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  2. 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. 9. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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
Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. below)
Chacodelphys
Chironectes
Cryptonanus
Didelphis
(Large American
opossums)
Gracilinanus
Lestodelphys
Lutreolina
(Little water opossums)
Marmosa
(Mouse opossums)
Marmosops
(Slender opossums)
Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. above)
Metachirus
(Brown four-
eyed opossums)
Monodelphis
(Short-tailed
opossums)
Philander
(Gray & black four-
eyed opossums)
Thylamys
(Fat-tailed mouse
opossums)
Tlacuatzin
(Grey mouse
opossums)
Subfamily Glironiinae
Glironia
Subfamily Hyladelphinae
Hyladelphys
Taxon identifiers
Marmosa rubra
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