Marmosa
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{{Taxobox
| name = Mouse opossoms
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| image_caption = ''[[Marmosa murina]]''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
| ordo = [[Didelphimorphia]]
| familia = [[Didelphidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Didelphinae]]
| genus = '''''Marmosa'''''
| genus_authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1821
| type_species = ''[[Linnaeus's Mouse Opossum|Didelphis marina]]''
| type_species_authority = [[John Edward Gray|Gray]], 1821
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
*''[[Heavy-browed Mouse Opossum|Marmosa andersoni]]''
*''[[Rufous Mouse Opossum|Marmosa lepida]]''
*''[[Mexican Mouse Opossum|Marmosa mexicana]]''
*''[[Linnaeus's Mouse Opossum|Marmosa murina]]''
*''[[Quechuan Mouse Opossum|Marmosa quichua]]''
*''[[Robinson's Mouse Opossum|Marmosa robinsoni]]''
*''[[Red Mouse Opossum|Marmosa rubra]]''
*''[[Tyleria Mouse Opossum|Marmosa tyleriana]]''
*''[[Dryland Mouse Opossum|Marmosa xerophila]]''
}}
The nine species in the [[genus]] '''''Marmosa''''' are relatively small members of the [[Didelphimorphia]] [[order (biology)|order]]. This genus is one of three that are known as '''mouse opossums'''. The other two are ''[[Micoureus]]'' (the "woolly mouse opossums"), and ''[[Thylamys]]'' (the "fat-tailed mouse opossums"). Members of the ''[[Marmosops]]'' genus used to be called "slender mouse opossums", but are now just called "slender opossums".
==References==
* {{MSW3 Gardner|pages=8-10}}
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