Marmosa 3901179 219556956 2008-06-15T20:29:27Z Thijs!bot 1392310 robot Adding: [[pt:Marmosa]] Modifying: [[hu:Marmosa]] {{Taxobox | name = Mouse opossoms | image = | image_width = | 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}} {{Didelphimorphia|D.}} [[Category:Opossums]] {{marsupial-stub}} [[de:Zwergbeutelratten]] [[es:Marmosa]] [[fr:Marmosa]] [[hu:Marmosa]] [[pl:Marmosa]] [[pt:Marmosa]]