Isthmian mouse opossum

Isthmian mouse opossum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
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. 1 2 Reid, F. A field guide to the mammals of Central America & Southeast Mexico. 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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