On the identity of Victoria's Mouse Opossum, Marmosa regina Thomas, 1898

Title Variants

Alternative: Victoria's Mouse Opossum

Related Titles

Series: American Museum novitates, no. 3960

By

Giarla, Thomas C. , author

Voss, Robert S. , author

Type

Book

Material

Published material

Publication info

New York, NY, American Museum of Natural History, [2020]

Notes

Caption title.

"September 10, 2020."

Phylogenetic analyses of molecular sequence data obtained from the holotype of Marmosa regina Thomas, 1898, together with a reassessment of its morphological characters indicate that this species does not belong to the subgenus Micoureus as previously believed. Instead, both molecular and phenotypic data are consistent with the hypothesis that M. regina is a senior synonym of M. isthmica Goldman, 1912, in the subgenus Exulomarmosa. Because replacing isthmica with regina would create nomenclatural confusion, we recommend maintaining current usage of the former name and suppressing usage of the latter.

Subjects

Classification , Marmosa , Molecular aspects , Opossums , Phylogeny

Call Number

QL1 .A436 no.3960 2020

Language

English

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1206/3960.1
OCLC: 1194589606