Species of marsupial
Alston's mouse opossum |
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Conservation status |
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1] |
Scientific classification |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Didelphimorphia |
Family: | Didelphidae |
Genus: | Marmosa |
Subgenus: | Micoureus |
Species: | M. alstoni |
Binomial name |
Marmosa alstoni
(J. A. Allen, 1900) |
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Alston's mouse opossum range |
Synonyms |
Caluromys alstoni (J. A. Allen, 1900) Micoureus alstoni (J. A. Allen, 1900) |
Alston's mouse opossum (Marmosa alstoni), also known as Alston's opossum, is a medium-sized pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae.[2] It is arboreal and nocturnal, inhabiting forests from Belize to northern Colombia. The main components of its diet are insects and fruits, but it may also eat small rodents, lizards, and bird eggs. It was formerly assigned to the genus Micoureus, which was made a subgenus of Marmosa in 2009.[3]
References
- ^ Martin, G.M. (2016). "Marmosa alstoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T13296A22173632. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T13296A22173632.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ 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. pp. 3–18. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Voss, R. S.; Jansa, S. A. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships and classification of didelphid marsupials, an extant radiation of New World metatherian mammals" (PDF). Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 322: 1–177. doi:10.1206/322.1. hdl:2246/5975. S2CID 85017821.
External links
Extant Didelphimorphia (opossums) species
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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)
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Caluromysiops | - Black-shouldered opossum (C. irrupta)
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Glironia | - Bushy-tailed opossum (G. venusta)
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Chacodelphys | - Chacoan pygmy opossum (C. chacoensis)
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Chironectes | - Water opossum (C. minimus)
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Cryptonanus | - Agricola's gracile opossum (C. agricolai)
- Chacoan gracile opossum (C. chacoensis)
- Guahiba gracile opossum (C. guahybae)
- Unduavi gracile opossum (C. unduaviensis)
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Didelphis (Large American opossums) | - White-eared opossum (D. albiventris)
- Big-eared opossum (D. aurita)
- Guianan white-eared opossum (D. imperfecta)
- Common opossum (D. marsupialis)
- Andean white-eared opossum (D. pernigra)
- Virginia opossum (D. virginiana)
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Gracilinanus | - Aceramarca gracile opossum (G. aceramarcae)
- Agile gracile opossum (G. agilis)
- Wood sprite gracile opossum (G. dryas)
- Emilia's gracile opossum (G. emilae)
- Northern gracile opossum (G. marica)
- Brazilian gracile opossum (G. microtarsus)
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Hyladelphys | - Kalinowski's mouse opossum (H. kalinowskii)
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Lestodelphys | - Patagonian opossum (L. halli)
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Lutreolina | - Big lutrine opossum (L. crassicaudata)
- Massoia's lutrine opossum (L. massoia))
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Marmosa (Mouse opossums) | - Alston's mouse opossum (M. alstoni)
- Heavy-browed mouse opossum (M. andersoni)
- White-bellied woolly mouse opossum (M. constantiae)
- Woolly mouse opossum (M. demerarae)
- Isthmian mouse opossum (M. isthmica)
- Rufous mouse opossum (M. lepida)
- Mexican mouse opossum (M. mexicana)
- Linnaeus's mouse opossum (M. murina)
- Tate's woolly mouse opossum (M. paraguayanus)
- Little woolly mouse opossum (M. phaeus)
- Quechuan mouse opossum (M. quichua)
- Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum (M. regina)
- Robinson's mouse opossum (M. robinsoni)
- Red mouse opossum (M. rubra)
- Tyler's mouse opossum (M. tyleriana)
- Guajira mouse opossum (M. xerophila)
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Marmosops | - Bishop's slender opossum (M. bishopi)
- Narrow-headed slender opossum (M. cracens)
- Creighton's slender opossum (M. creightoni)
- Dorothy's slender opossum (M. dorothea)
- Dusky slender opossum (M. fuscatus)
- Handley's slender opossum (M. handleyi)
- Tschudi's slender opossum (M. impavidus)
- Gray slender opossum (M. incanus)
- Panama slender opossum (M. invictus)
- Junin slender opossum (M. juninensis)
- Neblina slender opossum (M. neblina)
- White-bellied slender opossum (M. noctivagus)
- Delicate slender opossum (M. parvidens)
- Brazilian slender opossum (M. paulensis)
- Pinheiro's slender opossum (M. pinheiroi)
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Metachirus | - Brown four-eyed opossum (M. nudicaudatus)
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Monodelphis (Short-tailed opossums) | - Sepia short-tailed opossum (M. adusta)
- Northern three-striped opossum (M. americana)
- Arlindo's short-tailed opossum (M. arlindoi)
- Northern red-sided opossum (M. brevicaudata)
- Yellow-sided opossum (M. dimidiata)
- Gray short-tailed opossum (M. domestica)
- Emilia's short-tailed opossum (M. emiliae)
- Gardner's short-tailed opossum (M. gardneri)
- Amazonian red-sided opossum (M. glirina)
- Handley's short-tailed opossum (M. handleyi)
- Ihering's three-striped opossum (M. iheringi)
- Pygmy short-tailed opossum (M. kunsi)
- Osgood's short-tailed opossum (M. osgoodi)
- Hooded red-sided opossum (M. palliolata)
- Peruvian short-tailed opossum (M. peruviana)
- Long-nosed short-tailed opossum (M. pinocchio)
- Reig's opossum (M. reigi)
- Ronald's opossum (M. ronaldi)
- Saci short-tailed opossum (M. saci)
- Santa Rosa short-tailed opossum (M. sanctaerosae)
- Long-nosed short-tailed opossum (M. scalops)
- Touan short-tailed opossum (M. touan)
- One-striped opossum (M. unistriata)
- Voss's short-tailed opossum (M. vossi)
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Philander (Gray & black four- eyed opossums) | - Anderson's four-eyed opossum (P. andersoni)
- Deltaic four-eyed opossum (P. deltae)
- Southeastern four-eyed opossum (P. frenatus)
- McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum (P. mcilhennyi)
- Mondolfi's four-eyed opossum (P. mondolfii)
- Olrog's four-eyed opossum (P. olrogi)
- Gray four-eyed opossum (P. opossum)
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Thylamys | - Cinderella fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. cinderella)
- Elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. elegans)
- Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. karimii)
- Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. macrurus)
- White-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pallidior)
- Common fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pusillus)
- Argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. sponsorius)
- Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. tatei)
- Dwarf fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. velutinus)
- Buff-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. venustus)
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Tlacuatzin | - Grayish mouse opossum (T. canescens)
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Taxon identifiers |
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Micoureus alstoni | |
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Caluromys alstoni | |
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