Linnaeus's mouse opossum

Linnaeus's 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: Marmosa
Species:
M. murina
Binomial name
Marmosa murina
Linnaeus's mouse opossum range
Synonyms

Didelphis murina Linnaeus, 1758
Didelphis dorsigera Linnaeus, 1758

Linnaeus's mouse opossum (Marmosa murina), also known as the common or murine mouse opossum, is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae.[1]

  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ Brito, D.; Astúa, D.; Lew, D.; Soriano, P.; Emmons, L. (2021). "Marmosa murina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T40505A197308868. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T40505A197308868.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.