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Taxon: Genus Marmosa Gray, 1821 - murine opossums (mammal)
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Authorship

Original name Gray, 1821:308.
Original rank
Original spelling

Types

Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]Marmosa (Subgenus) Gray, 1821
Type, by monotypyMarmosa marina (Gray, 1821)

Synonyms

Accepted nameGracilinanus (Genus) Gardner & Creighton, 1989 Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Synonymous nameDidelphis (Genus) Linnaeus, 1758 Ref: MSW, 1993
IncludingMarmosops (Genus) Matschie, 1916 Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997

Vernacular Names (Dutch)

Full namedwergbuidelratten Ref: B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975

Vernacular Names (English)

Full namemurine opossums
mouse opossums
mouse-opossums Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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