Marmosa andersoni
– Critically Endangered
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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MAMMALIA
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Order:
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DIDELPHIMORPHIA
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Family:
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DIDELPHIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Marmosa andersoni
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Species Authority:
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Pine, 1972
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | ANDERSON'S MOUSE OPOSSUM |
| French | — | OPOSSUM-SOURIS D´ANDERSON |
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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CR B1+2c ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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1996
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Annotations:
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Needs updating
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Assessor/s:
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New World Marsupial Specialist Group
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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This species is known from a single montane locality in southern Peru.
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Countries:
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Native:
Peru
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Population
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Population Trend:
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Habitat and Ecology
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Habitat and Ecology:
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Little is known about the ecology of this species. It is nocturnal and may be arboreal. The diet of Marmosa is largely comprised of insects and fruits but also lizards, bird eggs and small rodents.
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System:
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Terrestrial
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Threats
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List of Threats:
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| 9.9 | Intrinsic factors - Restricted range (ongoing) |
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Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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New World Marsupial Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
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