Genus Marmosops
"Slender Mouse Opossums"
- Marmosops cracens
- Marmosops dorothea
- Marmosops fuscatus
- Marmosops handleyi
- Marmosops impavidus
- Marmosops incanus
- Marmosops invictus
- Marmosops neblina
- Marmosops noctivagus
- Marmosops parvidens
- Marmosops paulensis
- Marmosops pinheiroi
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The scientific names are from the photo's original source (though I corrected some of the spelling or family names).
Marmosops cracens
(Handley & Gordon, 1979)
Names
- English: Slim-faced Slender Mouse Opossum
- Czech: vačice úzká
- Spanish: Marmosa de Cara Aguda
- Spanish: Una Raposa
These opossums are found in Venezuela. They are endangered.
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Marmosops dorothea
(Thomas, 1911)
Names
- English: Dorothy's slender mouse opossum
- Czech: vačice Dorotina
- Spanish: Marmosa de Dorothy
- Spanish: Una Raposa
These opossums are found in Bolivia. They are considered vulnerable to extinction.
Their body size is about 47 grams. (Olifers, 2004).
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Marmosops fuscatus
(Thomas, 1896)
Names
- English: Gray-bellied slender mouse opossum
- Czech: vačice tmavá
- Spanish: Marmosa de Vientre Gris
- Spanish: Una Raposa
These opossums are found in Colombia, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela. Their population is considered near-threatened.
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Marmosops handleyi
(Pine, 1981)
Names
- English: Handley's slender mouse opossum
- Czech: vačice Handleyova
- Spanish: Marmosa de Handley
- Spanish: Una Raposa
These opossums are found in Colombia. They are critically endangered.
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Marmosops impavidus
(Tschudi, 1844)
Names
- English: Andean slender mouse opossum
- Czech: vačice světlá
- Spanish: Marmosa Andina
- Spanish: Raposa Andina
- Portuguese: Cuíca
These opossums are found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, Peru and Venezuela. Their population is considered near-threatened.
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Marmosops incanus
(Lund, 1841)
Names
- English: Gray slender mouse opossum
- Czech: vačice myší
- Portuguese: Cuíca
- Spanish: Marmosa Gris
These opossums are found in Brazil. Their population is considered near threatened.
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Marmosops invictus
(Goldman, 1912)
Names
- English: Slaty slender mouse opossum
- Czech: vačice panamská
- Spanish: Marmosa Negruzca
- Spanish: Una Raposa
These opossums are found in Panama. Their population is considered near-threatened.
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Marmosops neblina
(Gardner, 1989)
This species is not listed by ITIS, but it is listed by InfoNatura.
Names
- English: Cerro Neblina Slender Mouse Opossum
- Spanish: Una Raposa
- Portuguese: Cuíca
These opossums are found in Brazil.
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Marmosops noctivagus
(Tschudi, 1844)
Names
- English: White-bellied slender mouse opossum
- Czech: vačice noční
- Spanish: Marmosa Noctámbula
- Spanish: Raposa de Vientre Blanco
- Portuguese: Cuíca
These opossums are found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.
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Marmosops parvidens
(Tate, 1931)
Names
- English: Delicate slender mouse opossum
- Czech: vačice drobná
- Spanish: Marmosa Delicada
- Spanish: Comadrejita Marsupial Minidenta
- Portuguese: Cuíca
These opossums are found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Peru, Suriname and Venezuela. Their population is considered near-threatened.
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Marmosops paulensis
(Tate, 1931)
This species is not listed by ITIS, but it is listed by InfoNatura.
Names
- English: A Slender Mouse Opossum
- Portuguese: Cuíca
These opossums are found in Brazil.
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Marmosops pinheiroi
(Pine, 1981)
This species is not listed by ITIS, but it is listed by InfoNatura.
The original description of this species is probably from "Reviews of the mouse opossum Marmosa parvidens Tate and Marmosa invicta Golman (Mammalia: Marsupialia: Didelphidae) with description of a new species" (R. H. Pine, 1981).
Names
- English: A Slender Mouse Opossum
- Spanish: Una Raposa
- Portuguese: Cuíca
These opossums are found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana and Venezuela.
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