Marmosops noctivagus

Taxonomy

Assessment Information

Geographic Range

Population

Habitat and Ecology

Threats

Conservation Actions

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Taxonomy [top]

Kingdom	Phylum	Class	Order	Family
ANIMALIA	CHORDATA	MAMMALIA	DIDELPHIMORPHIA	DIDELPHIDAE

Scientific Name:

Marmosops noctivagus

Species Authority:

(Tschudi, 1844)

Common Name/s:

English	–	White-bellied Slender Mouse Opossum
French	–	Opossum-souris Nocturne

Synonym/s:

Marmosops dorothea (Thomas, 1911)

Taxonomic Notes:

This species includes Marmosops dorothea (Voss et al., 2004).

Assessment Information [top]

Red List Category & Criteria:

Least Concern ver 3.1

Year Published:

2008

Assessor/s:

Solari, S. & Patterson, B.

Reviewer/s:

Amori, G. (Small Nonvolant Mammal Red List Authority) & Schipper, J. (Global Mammal Assessment Team)

Justification:
This species is listed as Least Concern in because of its wide distribution, presumed large population, occurrence in a number of protected areas, tolerance to some degree of habitat modification, and because it is unlikely to be declining at nearly the rate required to qualify for listing in a threatened category.

History:

1996	–	Lower Risk/least concern (Baillie and Groombridge 1996)
1996	–	Lower Risk/least concern

Geographic Range [top]

Range Description:	This species is found in the Amazon Basin of Ecuador, Peru, and western Brazil south of the Amazon, and Bolivia (Gardner, 2007).
Countries:	Native: Bolivia; Brazil; Ecuador; Peru
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Population [top]

Population:	This species is common (Emmons and Feer, 1997).
Population Trend:	Stable

Habitat and Ecology [top]

Habitat and Ecology:	This species occurs in rainforests. It prefers wetland areas and zones close to bodies of water with dense formations of Platanillos (Heliconia spp.). This species is nocturnal, arboreal and terrestrial, and solitary. It feeds on insects and fruit. It is found in mature, disturbed, and secondary forests (Emmons and Feer, 1997). It is found also in open areas well outside of the forest in agricultural fields.
Systems:	Terrestrial

Habitat and Ecology:

This species occurs in rainforests. It prefers wetland areas and zones close to bodies of water with dense formations of Platanillos (Heliconia spp.). This species is nocturnal, arboreal and terrestrial, and solitary. It feeds on insects and fruit. It is found in mature, disturbed, and secondary forests (Emmons and Feer, 1997). It is found also in open areas well outside of the forest in agricultural fields.

Systems:

Terrestrial

Threats [top]

Major Threat(s):	No major threats.

Major Threat(s):

No major threats.

Conservation Actions [top]

Conservation Actions:	This species is found in many protected areas.

Conservation Actions:

This species is found in many protected areas.

Citation:	Solari, S. & Patterson, B. 2008. Marmosops noctivagus. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 25 May 2012.
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