Common Names
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Common Names in English:
Grayish Mouse Opossum
Common Names in French:
Opossum-Souris Cendré
Common Names in Russian:
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Description
Habitat
Ecology: Usually arboreal
(Nowak 1999)[1]
List of Habitats
:8.1Desert - Hot
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- Auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Mammals
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible Et Al., 1995) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- Mckenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (Mckenna, 1975) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Marsupialia
()
- (Illiger, 1811) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Marsupials
- Magnorder:
Ameridelphia
()
- (Szalay, in Archer, Ed., 1982) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Didelphimorphia
()
- (Gill, 1872) Marshall Et Al., 1990
- Family:
Didelphidae
()
- Gray, 1821
- Genus:
Marmosa
()
- Specific name:
canescens
- Scientific name: - Marmosa canescens (J.A. Allen, 1893)
- Specific name:
canescens
- Genus:
Marmosa
(
- Family:
Didelphidae
(
- Order:
Didelphimorphia
(
- Magnorder:
Ameridelphia
(
- Cohort:
Marsupialia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
Members of the genus Marmosa
There are approximately 95 species in this genus:
M. aceramarcae · M. aceromarcae · M. agilis · M. agilis agilis · M. agilis chacoensis · M. agricolai · M. alstoni · M. andersoni (Heavy-Browed Mouse Opossum) · M. bruchi · M. budini · M. canescens (Grayish Mouse Opossum) · M. canescens canescens (Grayish Mouse Opossum) · M. canescens insularis · M. canescens sinaloae · M. caucae · M. chapmani · M. chloe · M. cinera · M. cinerea · M. cinerea demerarae · M. cinerea paraguayana · M. citella · M. collega · M. constantiae · M. cracens · M. demararae · M. domina · M. dorothea · M. dryas · M. elegans · M. elegans pallidior · M. emiliae · M. formosa · M. fulviventer · M. fuscata · M. germana · M. germana rutteri · M. grenadae · M. grisea · M. handleyi · M. impavida · M. incana · M. invicta · M. janetta · M. klagesi · M. lepida (Little Rufous Mouse Opossum) · M. leucastra · M. limae · M. mapiriensis · M. maranii · M. marica · M. mexicana (Mexican Mouse Opossum) · M. mexicana mayensis · M. mexicana mexicana (Mexican Mouse Opossum) · M. mexicana savannarum · M. microtarsus · M. mimetra · M. mitis · M. murina (Linnaeus's Mouse Opossum) · M. murina mexicana · M. murina murina (Linnaeus's Mouse Opossum) · M. nesaea · M. noctivaga · M. noctivaga lugenda · M. ocellata · M. pallidior · M. parata · M. parvidens · M. perfusca · M. phaea · M. pusilla · M. quichua (Quechuan Mouse Opossum) · M. rapposa · M. regina · M. robinsoni (Robinson's Mouse Opossum) · M. robinsoni chapmani · M. robinsoni fulviventer · M. robinsoni grenadae · M. robinsoni isthmica · M. robinsoni luridavolta · M. robinsoni robinsoni (Robinson's Mouse Opossum) · M. robinsoni ruatanica · M. robinsoni simonsi · M. rubra (Red Mouse Opossum) · M. rutteri · M. simonsi · M. sinaloae · M. sobrina · M. tobagi · M. tyleriana (Tyleria Mouse Opossum) · M. venusta · M. venusta sponsoria · M. verax · M. xerophila (Dryland Mouse Opossum) · M. yungasensis
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Further Reading
- A check list of mammals of the North American continent, the West Indies and the neighboring seas: supplement / by Daniel Giraud Elliott. Edited by J.A. Allen. New York: American Museum of Natural History, 1917. ENG url p. 3.
- Atlas of New World marsupials / Barbara E. Brown. Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 2004. ENG url p. 161, p. 176, p. 179, p. 200, p. 206, p. 212, p. 222, p. 228, p. 229, p. 242, p. 246, p. 252, p. 264, p. 268, p. 280, p. 283, p. 290, p. 295, p. 298, p. 299, p. 303, p. 307, p. 58, p. 59, p. iii, p. vi.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. ENG url p. 399, p. 4, p. 5, p. 584, p. 7.
- Catalogue of type specimens of mammals in Chicago Natural History Museum [by] Colin Campbell Sanborn. [Chicago]1947. ENG url p. 290.
- Composition of the family Didelphidae Gray, 1821 (Didelphoidea:Marsupialia), with a review of the morphology and behavior of the included four-eyed pouched opossums of the genus Philander Tiedemann, 1 Philip Hershkovitz. Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, c1997. ENG url p. 4, p. 97.
- Mammals from British Honduras, Mexico, Jamaica and Haiti. [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1951. ENG url p. 551.
- Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. Lawrence, University of Kansas, 1946-1996. ENG url p. 9.
- New World Marsupial Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website
- Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington. [Washington, Biological Society of Washington] ENG url p. 109, p. 175, p. 176, p. 193, p. 44.
- Systematic results of the study of North American land mammals to the close of the year 1900, by Gerrit S. Miller, Jr., and James A. G. Rehn. Boston, Society of Natural History, 1901. ENG url p. 4.
- The South American gracile mouse opossums, genus Gracilinanus Gardner and Creighton, 1989 (Marmosidae, Marsupialia): a taxonomic review with notes on general morphology and relationships / Philip Hershkovitz. [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1992. ENG url p. 30, p. 47.
- The land and sea mammals of Middle America and the West Indies. Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1904. ENG url p. 8, p. xiii.
Notes
Contributors
- New World Marsupial Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008.
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2479983
- IUCN ID: 12813
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 3963861
Footnotes
- New World Marsupial Specialist Group 1996. In IUCN 2008. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCNRedList.org. Downloaded July 19, 2008. [back]
