Bishop's slender opossum

Bishop's slender opossum [1]
Bishop's slender opossum climbing across a branch
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Marmosops
Species:	M. bishopi
Binomial name
Marmosops bishopi Pine, 1981 [3]
Bishop's slender opossum range
Synonyms
Marmosa parvidens bishopiPine, 1981

Bishop's slender opossum (Marmosops bishopi) is a small, arboreal marsupial in the opossum family native to Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. ^[1] It somewhat resembles a placental rat or shrew.

Description

It is one of the smallest members of the genus Marmosops. ^[4] It weighs 17-22 grams. ^[5]

Distribution and habitat

Bishop's slender opossum is found on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Bolivia and Peru. There are also isolated reports of it occurring in the lowlands of Bolivia and Brazil. ^[2]

It has been found in dry forests, rainforests, evergreen forests, and cloud forests. ^[5]

References

1. Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 10. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
2. Tarifa, T. (2016). "Marmosops bishopi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T136296A22178294. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136296A22178294.en . Retrieved 13 November 2021.
3. Pine, Ronald H. (1981). "Reviews of the mouse opossums Marmosa parvidens Tate and Marmosa invicta Goldman (Mammalia: Marsupialia: Didelphidae) with description of a new species". Mammalia. 45 (1): 63–64. doi:10.1515/mamm.1981.45.1.55. S2CID   84230285.
4. Abreu-Júnior, Edson F.; de Freitas, Marco A.; Lapenta, Marina J.; Venâncio, Nathocley M.; de França, Daniella P. F.; Percequillo, Alexandre R. (2016). "Marsupials and rodents (Didelphimorphia and Rodentia) of upper Rio Acre, with new data on Oxymycterus inca Thomas, 1900 from Brazil". Check List. 12 (5): 1956. doi: 10.15560/12.5.1956 .
5. Voss, Robert S.; Tarifa, Teresa; Yensen, Eric (2004). "An Introduction to Marmosops (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), with the Description of a New Species from Bolivia and Notes on the Taxonomy and Distribution of Other Bolivian Forms". American Museum Novitates (3466): 15, 24–25, 33. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2004)466<0001:AITMMD>2.0.CO;2. hdl: 2246/2776 . S2CID   83490188.

Further reading

• Voss, Robert S.; Lunde, Darrin P.; Simmons, Nancy B. (2001). "The Mammals of Paracou, French Guiana: A Neotropical Lowland Rainforest Fauna. Part 2, Nonvolant Species". Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. 263: 3–236. doi:10.1206/0003-0090(2001)263<0003:TMOPFG>2.0.CO;2. hdl: 2246/386 . S2CID   83659613.