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Isthmian mouse opossum
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Marmosa
Subgenus: Exulomarmosa
Species:
M. isthmica
Binomial name
Marmosa isthmica
Goldman, 1912

The Isthmian mouse opossum (Marmosa isthmica) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama. [1]

Foraging along branches and vines for fruit and insects, with the help of a prehensile tail, M. isthmica was formerly considered a subspecies of Robinson's mouse opossum (Marmosa robinsoni) and is supposed to be similar to it in habit, but following Rossi (2005) it is now deemed a species. [1]

In 1935 in the Panama Canal Zone, Enders observed Marmosa isthmica to build nests with leaves in a nestbox fixed to a tree. [2]

Notes

  1. ^ a b Fiona A. Reid, A field guide to the mammals of Central America & Southeast Mexico (OUP USA, 2009), p. 50
  2. ^ Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia: vol. 41 (1999), Issues 1-14, p. 177

References

  • Gardner, A. L. Mammals of South America, Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats. University of Chicago Press. 2008. pg. 669 (see p. 59). ISBN  978-0-226-28240-4


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