Woolly mouse opossum

Long-furred woolly mouse opossum[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Marmosa
Subgenus:	Micoureus
Species:	M. demerarae
Binomial name
Marmosa demerarae (Thomas, 1905)
Long-furred woolly mouse opossum range
Synonyms
Micoureus demerarae (Thomas, 1905)

The woolly mouse opossum or long-furred woolly mouse opossum (Marmosa demerarae), known locally as the Cuíca,^[3] is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae.^[4] Its range includes central Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and northern Brazil.^[5] It was formerly assigned to the genus Micoureus, which was made a subgenus of Marmosa in 2009.^[6]

References

1. Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. Brito, D., Astua de Moraes, D. & Soriano, P. (2011). "Marmosa demerarae". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 18 January 2012.
3. "Ecoparque de Una".
4. Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
5. Gardner, A.L.; Creighton, G.K. (2007). "Genus Micoureus". In Gardner, A.L. (ed.). Mammals of South America. Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats. University of Chicago Press. p. 77. ISBN 978-0-226-28240-4.
6. Voss, R. S.; Jansa, S. A. (2009). "Phylogenetic relationships and classification of didelphid marsupials, an extant radiation of New World metatherian mammals". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 322: 1–177. doi:10.1206/322.1. hdl:2246/5975.