Red mouse opossum

Red mouse opossum
Conservation status
Data Deficient (IUCN 3.1)^[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Subfamily:	Didelphinae
Genus:	Marmosa
Species:	M. rubra
Binomial name
*Marmosa rubra* Tate, 1931

Red mouse opossum range

The Red mouse opossum (Marmosa rubra) is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. Its range includes eastern Ecuador and Peru.

References

^ Weksler, M., Patterson, B. & Bonvicino, C. (2008). Marmosa rubra. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is data deficient

Gardner, Alfred (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 9. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3.

Extant 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)