Bishop's slender opossum
| Bishop's slender opossum[1] | |
|---|---|
| Bishop's slender opossum climbing across a branch | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Marmosops |
| Species: | M. bishopi
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| Binomial name | |
| Marmosops bishopi Pine, 1981[3]
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| Bishop's slender opossum range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Marmosa parvidens bishopi Pine, 1981 | |
Bishop's slender opossum (Marmosops bishopi) is a small, arboreal marsupial in the opossum family native to Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia.[1] It somewhat resembles a placental rat or shrew.
Description
It is one of the smallest members of the genus Marmosops.[4] It weighs 17-22 grams.[5]
Distribution and habitat
Bishop's slender opossum is found on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Bolivia and Peru. There are also isolated reports of it occurring in the lowlands of Bolivia and Brazil.[2]
It has been found in dry forests, rainforests, evergreen forests, and cloud forests. [5]
References
- ^ a b Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Tarifa, T. (2016). "Marmosops bishopi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016 e.T136296A22178294. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136296A22178294.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ Pine, Ronald H. (1981). "Reviews of the mouse opossums Marmosa parvidens Tate and Marmosa invicta Goldman (Mammalia: Marsupialia: Didelphidae) with description of a new species". Mammalia. 45 (1): 63–64. doi:10.1515/mamm.1981.45.1.55. S2CID 84230285.
- ^ Abreu-Júnior, Edson F.; de Freitas, Marco A.; Lapenta, Marina J.; Venâncio, Nathocley M.; de França, Daniella P. F.; Percequillo, Alexandre R. (2016). "Marsupials and rodents (Didelphimorphia and Rodentia) of upper Rio Acre, with new data on Oxymycterus inca Thomas, 1900 from Brazil". Check List. 12 (5): 1956. doi:10.15560/12.5.1956.
- ^ a b Voss, Robert S.; Tarifa, Teresa; Yensen, Eric (2004). "An Introduction to Marmosops (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), with the Description of a New Species from Bolivia and Notes on the Taxonomy and Distribution of Other Bolivian Forms". American Museum Novitates (3466): 15, 24–25, 33. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2004)466<0001:AITMMD>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/2776. S2CID 83490188.
Further reading
- Voss, Robert S.; Lunde, Darrin P.; Simmons, Nancy B. (2001). "The Mammals of Paracou, French Guiana: A Neotropical Lowland Rainforest Fauna. Part 2, Nonvolant Species". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 263: 3–236. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2001)263<0003:TMOPFG>2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/386. S2CID 83659613.