Micoureus

Micoureus: Micoureus

Micoureus sp.

Scientific classification

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Infraclass: Marsupialia

Order: Didelphimorphia

Family: Didelphidae

Genus: Micoureus
Lesson, 1842

Type species

Didelphis cinerea
Temminck, 1824

Species

See text

Micoureus is a genus of Neotropic opossums of the family Didelphidae.^[1] It includes the following species:

Alston's Mouse Opossum (Micoureus alstoni)

White-bellied Woolly Mouse Opossum (Micoureus constantiae)

Woolly Mouse Opossum (Micoureus demerarae)

Tate's Woolly Mouse Opossum (Micoureus paraguayanus)

Little Woolly Mouse Opossum (Micoureus phaeus)

Bare-tailed Woolly Mouse Opossum (Micoureus regina)

References

^ Gardner, Alfred L. (16 November 2005). "Order Didelphimorphia (pp. 3-18)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=10400116.

v · d · eExtant 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)

Caluromysiops

Black-shouldered Opossum (C. irrupta)

Glironia

Bushy-tailed Opossum (G. venusta)

Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. below)

Chacodelphys

Chacoan Pygmy Opossum (C. chacoensis)

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)

Hyladelphys

Kalinowski's Mouse Opossum (H. kalinowskii)

Lestodelphys

Patagonian Opossum (L. halli)

Lutreolina

Lutrine Opossum (L. crassicaudata)

Marmosa
(Mouse opossums)

Heavy-browed Mouse Opossum (M. andersoni) · Isthmian Mouse Opossum (M. isthmica) · Rufous Mouse Opossum (M. lepida) · Mexican Mouse Opossum (M. mexicana) · Linnaeus's Mouse Opossum (M. murina) · Quechuan mouse opossum (M. quichua) · Robinson's Mouse Opossum (M. robinsoni) · Red Mouse Opossum (M. rubra) · Tyleria Mouse Opossum (M. tyleriana) · Guajira Mouse Opossum (M. xerophila)

Marmosops

Bishop's Slender Opossum (M. bishopi) · Narrow-headed Slender Opossum (M. cracens) · Creighton's Slender Opossum (M. creightoni) · Dorothys' 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) · Neblina Slender Opossum (M. neblina) · White-bellied Slender Opossum (M. noctivagus) · Delicate Slender Opossum (M. parvidens) · Brazilian Slender Opossum (M. paulensis) · Pinheiro's Slender Opossum (M. pinheiroi)

Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. above)

Metachirus

Brown Four-eyed Opossum (M. nudicaudatus)

Micoureus

Alston's Mouse Opossum (M. alstoni) · White-bellied Woolly Mouse Opossum (M. constantiae) · Woolly Mouse Opossum (M. demerarae) · Tate's Woolly Mouse Opossum (M. paraguayanus) · Little Woolly Mouse Opossum (M. phaeus) · Bare-tailed Woolly Mouse Opossum (M. regina)

Monodelphis
(Short-tailed
opossums)

Sepia Short-tailed Opossum (M. adusta) · Northern Three-striped Opossum (M. americana) · Northern Red-sided Opossum (M. brevicaudata) · Yellow-sided Opossum (M. dimidiata) · Gray Short-tailed Opossum (M. domestica) · Emilia's Short-tailed Opossum (M. emiliae) · Amazonian Red-sided Opossum (M. glirina) · Ihering's Three-striped Opossum (M. iheringi) · Pygmy Short-tailed Opossum (M. kunsi) · Marajó Short-tailed Opossum (M. maraxina) · Osgood's Short-tailed Opossum (M. osgoodi) · Hooded Red-sided Opossum (M. palliolata) · Reig's Opossum (M. reigi) · Ronald's Opossum (M. ronaldi) · Chestnut-striped Opossum (M. rubida) · Long-nosed Short-tailed Opossum (M. scalops) · Southern Red-sided Opossum (M. sorex) · Southern Three-striped Opossum (M. theresa) · Red Three-striped Opossum (M. umbristriata) · One-striped Opossum (M. unistriata)

Philander
(Gray & black four-
eyed opossums)

Anderson's Four-eyed Opossum (P. andersoni) · Deltaic Four-eyed Opossum (P. deltae) · Southeastern Four-eyed Opossum (P. frenatus) · McIlhenny's Four-eyed Opossum (P. mcilhennyi) · Mondolfi's Four-eyed Opossum (P. mondolfii) · Olrog's Four-eyed Opossum (P. olrogi) · Gray Four-eyed Opossum (P. opossum)

Thylamys

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

Gray Mouse Opossum (T. canescens)

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Micoureus sp.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Micoureus Lesson, 1842
Type species
Didelphis cinerea Temminck, 1824
Species
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