Guajira mouse opossum

Species of marsupial

Guajira mouse opossum[1]

Conservation status

Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)[2]

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Chordata
Class:  | Mammalia
Infraclass:  | Marsupialia
Order:  | Didelphimorphia
Family:  | Didelphidae
Genus:  | Marmosa
Subgenus:  | Exulomarmosa
Species:  |

M. xerophila

Binomial name
Marmosa xerophila

Handley & Gordon, 1979

Guajira mouse opossum range

The Guajira mouse opossum (Marmosa xerophila) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.[2]

## References

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1. ^ Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 10\. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. ^ a b Lew, D.; Gutiérrez, E.; Ventura, J.; López Fuster, M. & Pérez-Hernandez, R. (2011). "Marmosa xerophila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2012.{{cite iucn}}: old-form url (help)

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Extant Didelphimorphia (opossums) species

* Kingdom Animalia
* Phylum Chordata
* Class Mammalia
* Infraclass Marsupialia

Subfamily Caluromyinae

| Caluromys
(Woolly opossums)|

Subgenus Caluromys
Bare-tailed woolly opossum (C. philander)

Subgenus Mallodelphys
Derby's woolly opossum (C. derbianus)
Brown-eared woolly opossum (C. lanatus)

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Caluromysiops|

* Black-shouldered opossum (C. irrupta)

Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. below)

| Chacodelphys|

* Chacoan pygmy opossum (C. formosa)

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Chironectes|

* Water opossum (C. minimus)

Cryptonanus|

* Agricola's gracile opossum (C. agricolai)
* Chacoan gracile opossum (C. chacoensis)
* Guahiba gracile opossum (C. guahybae)
* Unduavi gracile opossum (C. unduaviensis)

Didelphis
(Large American
opossums)|

* White-eared opossum (D. albiventris)
* Big-eared opossum (D. aurita)
* Guianan white-eared opossum (D. imperfecta)
* Common opossum (D. marsupialis)
* Andean white-eared opossum (D. pernigra)
* Virginia opossum (D. virginiana)

Gracilinanus|

* Aceramarca gracile opossum (G. aceramarcae)
* Agile gracile opossum (G. agilis)
* Wood sprite gracile opossum (G. dryas)
* Emilia's gracile opossum (G. emilae)
* Northern gracile opossum (G. marica)
* Brazilian gracile opossum (G. microtarsus)
* Peruvian opossum (G. peruanus)

Lestodelphys|

* Patagonian opossum (L. halli)

Lutreolina
(Little water opossums)|

* Big lutrine opossum (L. crassicaudata)
* Massoia's lutrine opossum (L. massoia))

Marmosa
(Mouse opossums)|

* Adler's mouse opossum (M. adleri)
* Alston's mouse opossum (M. alstoni)
* Heavy-browed mouse opossum (M. andersoni)
* White-bellied woolly mouse opossum (M. constantiae)
* Woolly mouse opossum (M. demerarae)
* Northwestern mouse opossum (M. germana)
* Isthmian mouse opossum (M. isthmica)
* Jansa's woolly mouse opossum (M. jansae)
* Rufous mouse opossum (M. lepida)
* Quechuan mouse opossum (M. macrotarsus)
* Mexican mouse opossum (M. mexicana)
* Linnaeus's mouse opossum (M. murina)
* Nicaraguan woolly mouse opossum (M. nicaraguae)
* Tate's woolly mouse opossum (M. paraguayanus)
* Peruvian woolly mouse opossum (M. parda)
* Anthony's woolly mouse opossum (M. perplexa)
* Little woolly mouse opossum (M. phaeus)
* Bolivian woolly mouse opossum (M. rapposa)
* Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum (M. regina)
* Robinson's mouse opossum (M. robinsoni)
* Red mouse opossum (M. rubra)
* Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum (M. rutteri)
* Simons's woolly mouse opossum (M. simonsi)
* Tyler's mouse opossum (M. tyleriana)
* Waterhouse's mouse opossum (M. waterhousei)
* Guajira mouse opossum (M. xerophila)
* Zeledon's mouse opossum (M. zeledoni)

Marmosops
(Slender opossums)|

* Bishop's slender opossum (M. bishopi)
* Carr's slender opossum (M. carri)
* Cauca slender opossum (M. caucae)
* Cordillera slender opossum (M. chucha)
* Narrow-headed slender opossum (M. cracens)
* Creighton's slender opossum (M. creightoni)
* Dorothy's slender opossum (M. dorothea)
* Dusky slender opossum (M. fuscatus)
* Handley's slender opossum (M. handleyi)
* Tschudi's slender opossum (M. impavidus)
* Gray slender opossum (M. incanus)
* Panama slender opossum (M. invictus)
* Junin slender opossum (M. juninensis)
* Rio Magdalena slender opossum (M. magdalenae)
* Silva's slender opossum (M. marina)
* Neblina slender opossum (M. neblina)
* White-bellied slender opossum (M. noctivagus)
* Spectacled slender opossum (M. ocellatus)
* Ojasti's slender opossum (M. ojastii)
* Pantepui slender opossum (M. pakaraimae)
* Delicate slender opossum (M. parvidens)
* Brazilian slender opossum (M. paulensis)
* Pinheiro's slender opossum (M. pinheiroi)
* Soini's slender opossum (M. soinii)
* Woodall's slender opossum (M. woodalli)

Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. above)

| Metachirus
(Brown four-
eyed opossums)|

* Aritana's brown four-eyed opossum (M. aritanai)
* Common brown four-eyed opossum (M. myosuros)
* Guianan brown four-eyed opossum (M. nudicaudatus)

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Monodelphis
(Short-tailed
opossums)|

* Sepia short-tailed opossum (M. adusta)
* Northern three-striped opossum (M. americana)
* Arlindo's short-tailed opossum (M. arlindoi)
* Northern red-sided opossum (M. brevicaudata)
* Yellow-sided opossum (M. dimidiata)
* Gray short-tailed opossum (M. domestica)
* Emilia's short-tailed opossum (M. emiliae)
* Gardner's short-tailed opossum (M. gardneri)
* Amazonian red-sided opossum (M. glirina)
* Handley's short-tailed opossum (M. handleyi)
* Ihering's three-striped opossum (M. iheringi)
* Pygmy short-tailed opossum (M. kunsi)
* Osgood's short-tailed opossum (M. osgoodi)
* Hooded red-sided opossum (M. palliolata)
* Peruvian short-tailed opossum (M. peruviana)
* Long-nosed short-tailed opossum (M. pinocchio)
* Reig's opossum (M. reigi)
* Ronald's opossum (M. ronaldi)
* Saci short-tailed opossum (M. saci)
* Santa Rosa short-tailed opossum (M. sanctaerosae)
* Long-nosed short-tailed opossum (M. scalops)
* Touan short-tailed opossum (M. touan)
* One-striped opossum (M. unistriata)
* Voss's short-tailed opossum (M. vossi)

Philander
(Gray & black four-
eyed opossums)|

* Anderson's four-eyed opossum (P. andersoni)
* Common four-eyed opossum (P. canus)
* Deltaic four-eyed opossum (P. deltae)
* Southeastern four-eyed opossum (P. frenatus)
* McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum (P. mcilhennyi)
* Dark four-eyed opossum (P. melanurus)
* Black four-eyed opossum (P. nigratus)
* Mondolfi's four-eyed opossum (P. mondolfii)
* Olrog's four-eyed opossum (P. olrogi)
* Gray four-eyed opossum (P. opossum)
* Pebas four-eyed opossum (P. pebas)
* Southern four-eyed opossum (P. quica)
* Northern four-eyed opossum (P. vossi)

Thylamys
(Fat-tailed mouse
opossums)|

* Cinderella fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. cinderella)
* Elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. elegans)
* Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. karimii)
* Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. macrurus)
* White-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pallidior)
* Common fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pusillus)
* Argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. sponsorius)
* Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. tatei)
* Dwarf fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. velutinus)
* Buff-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. venustus)

Tlacuatzin
(Grey mouse
opossums)|

* Balsas gray mouse opossum (T. balsasensis)
* Tehuantepec gray mouse opossum (T. canescens)
* Yucatan gray mouse opossum (T. gaumeri)
* Tres Marias gray mouse opossum (T. insularis)
* Northern gray mouse opossum (T. sinaloae)

Subfamily Glironiinae

| Glironia|

* Bushy-tailed opossum (G. venusta)

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Subfamily Hyladelphinae

| Hyladelphys|

* Kalinowski's mouse opossum (H. kalinowskii)

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Taxon identifiers

Marmosa xerophila|

* Wikidata: Q194392
* Wikispecies: Marmosa xerophila
* BioLib: 33250
* BOLD: 895119
* CoL: 3Y83M
* EoL: 290115
* GBIF: 2439874
* iNaturalist: 42683
* IRMNG: 10592291
* ITIS: 552553
* IUCN: 12815
* MDD: 1000060
* MSW: 10400090
* NCBI: 867172
* Observation.org: 84584
* Xeno-canto: Marmosa-xerophila

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