After McKenna & Bell, 1997, with Recent species from Nowak, 1991
<==o Monodelphinae Talice, de Mosera & Machado, 1960 sensu Hershkovitz, 1992 [Didelphidae: Didelphinae: Monodelphini Talice, de Mosera & Machado, 1960 sensu McKenna & Bell, 1997] |-- †Zygolestes paramensis Ameghino, 1898 [Zygolestini Marshall, in Archer, ed., 1982] `--o Monodelphini Talice, de Mosera & Machado, 1960 () |--o Marmosa Gray, 1821 [taxonomic history] (“hiiriopossumit”)? [9 sp.] | |-- (Stegomarmosa) andersoni (anderson's mouse opossum) | `--o (Marmosa) Gray, 1821 | |-- M. (M.) murina (Linnaeus, 1758) (hiiriopossumi) | |-- M. (M.) rubra (red mouse opossum) | |-- M. (M.) tyleriana (tyler's mouse opossum) | |-- M. (M.) quichua | |-- M. (M.) robinsoni (robinson's mouse opossum) | |-- M. (M.) xerophila (pale mouse opossum) | `-- M. (M.) mexicana Merriam, 1897 (mexican mouse opossum) `--+-- Tlacuatzin canescens (Allen, 1893) Voss & Jansa, 2003 [taxonomic history] (grayish mouse opossum) |--o Cryptonanus Voss, Lunde & Jansa, 2005 [taxonomic history] | |-- C. agricolai (Moojen, 1943) [taxonomic history] (patagonianpussirotta) | |-- C. chacoensis (Tate, 1931) [taxonomic history] | |-- C. guahybae (Tate, 1931) [taxonomic history] | |-- C. ignitus (Díaz, Flores & Barquez, 2002) | `-- C. unduaviensis (Tate, 1931) [taxonomic history] |--o Gracilinanus Gardner & Creighton, 1989 [Grymaeomys Burminster, 1854, in partim] | |?- G. blaseri (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936) [Marmosa blaseri Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936] | |?- G. herhardti (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936) [Marmosa herhardti Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936] | |?- G. rondoni (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936) [Thylamys rondoni Miranda-Ribeiro, 1936] | |-- G. aceramarcae [Grymaeomys aceramarcea] (bolivian gracile opossum) | |-- G. agilis (Burmeister, 1854) [Marmosa agilis Burmeister, 1854; Grymaeomys agilis Burmeister] [incl. G. beatrix; G. buenavistae; G. peruana] (agile opossum) | |-- G. dryas [Grymaeomys dryas] (woodsprite gracile opossum) | |-- G. emiliae (Thomas, 1909) [Thylamys emiliae (Thomas, 1909); ?Monodelphis emiliae] [incl. G. longicaudus] (emilia's gracile opossum) | |-- G. marica [incl. G. perijae Hershkovitz, 1992] (northern gracile opossum) | `-- G. microtarsus [Grymaeomys microtarsus] `--+--o Monodelphis Burnett, 1830 [taxonomic history] U. Mioc. R. SA [17] | |--o (Monodelphis) Burnett, 1830 [13] | | |-- M. (M.) brevicaudata (northern redsided opossum) | | |-- M. (M.) orinoci | | |-- M. (M.) adusta (andean short-tailed opossum) | | |-- M. (M.) osgoodi (highland short-tailed opossum) | | |-- M. (M.) kunsi (kunsinpäästäisopossumi) | | |-- M. (M.) domestica (kotipäästäisopossumi) | | |-- M. (M.) maraxina (marajo's short-tailed opossum) | | |-- M. (M.) americana (northern three-striped opossum) | | |-- M. (M.) sorex (southern red-sided opossum) | | |-- M. (M.) emiliae (amazonian short-tailed opossum) | | |-- M. (M.) iheringi (lyhythäntäpäästäisopossumi) | | |-- M. (M.) theresa (southern three-striped opossum) | | `-- M. (M.) unistriata (single-striped opossum) | `--o (Minuania) Cabrera, 1919 [4] | |-- M. (M.) rubida (faint-striped opossum) | |-- M. (M.) scalops (longsnouted opossum) | |-- M. (M.) dimidiata (yellowsided opossum) | `-- M. (M.) fosteri `--+?- Chacodelphys formosa (Shamel, 1930) Voss, Gardner & Jansa, 2004 [taxonomic history] |--o †Thylatheridium Reig, 1952 | |-- †T. cristatum Reig, 1952 | |-- †T. dolgopolae Reig, 1952 | `-- †T. hudsoni Goin & Montalvo, 1988 `--+--o Thylamys Grey, 1843 [incl. Lestodelphys?] [10] | |-- T. elegans (elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum) | |-- T. grisea | |-- T. tatei | |-- T. macrurus (paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum) | |--+-- T. pallidior (whitebellied fat-tailed mouse opossum) | | `?- Lestodelphys halli Tate, 1934 | |-- T. pusilla (common fat-tailed opossum) | |-- T. velutina (dwarf fat-tailed mouse opossum) | |-- T. venustus | `-- T. karimii `--+--o Micoureus Lesson, 1842 [Micoures] [10 sp.] | |-- M. cinerea [?Marmosa cinerea (Temminck, 1843)] | |-- M. alstoni (alston's woolly mouse opossum) | |-- M. domina | |-- M. constantiae (whitebellied woolly mouse opossum) | |-- M. mapiriensis | |-- M. rapposa | |-- M. germana | |-- M. regina (baretailed woolly mouse opossum) | |-- M. paraguayanus | |-- M. phaea | `-- M. demerarae (woolly mouse opossum) `?-o Marmosops Matschie, 1916 [20 sp.] |-- M. noctivaga |-- M. yungasensis |-- M. leucastra |-- M. ocellata |-- M. incana |-- M. scapulata |-- M. invicta |-- M. parvidens |-- M. fuscata |-- M. cracens (narrowheaded slender mouse opossum) |-- M. impavida |-- M. lepida [Marmosa lepida] (little rufous mouse opossum) |-- M. dorothea (dorothy's slender mouse opossum) |-- M. fuscatus (dusky slender mouse opossum) |-- M. handleyi (handley's slender mouse opossum) |-- M. impavidus (tschudi's slender mouse opossum) |-- M. incanus (gray slender mouse opossum) |-- M. invictus (panama's slender mouse opossum) |?- M. noctivagus (whitebellied slender mouse opossum) `-- M. parvidens (delicate slender mouse opossum)
Reference(s):
- Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - Carroll, R. L., 1988: Appendix. 594-648.
in Carroll, R. L., 1988: Vertebrate paleontology and evolution.
–W. H. Freeman and company, New York, 1988, 698. - McKenna, M. C. & Bell, S. K., (eds.) 1997: Classification of mammals – above the species level.
–Columbia University Press, New York, 1997, xii-631 - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's Mammals of the World; Part 1.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xlviii-642-lxiii - Nowak, R. M., 1991: Walker's mammals of the World; Part 2.
–The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London, 1991, xii-643-1629 - Voss, R. S. & Jansa, S. A., 2003: Phylogenetic studies on didelphid marsupials II. Nonmolecular data and new IRBP sequences: Separate and combined analyses of didelphine relationships with denser taxon sampling.
–Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History: Vol. #276, pp. 1-82 - Voss, R. S., Gardner, A. L. & Jansa, S. A., 2004: On the relationships of “Marmosa” formosa Shamel, 1930 (Marsupialia: Didelphidae), a phylogenetic puzzle from the Chaco of northern Argentina.
–American Museum Novitates: Vol. #3442, pp. 1-18 - Voss, R. S., Lunde, D. P. & Jansa, S. A., 2005: On the contents of Gracilinanus Gardner and Creighton, 1989, with the descripition of a previously unrecognized clade of small didelphid marsupials.
–American Museum Novitates: #3482, pp. 1-34
Special thanks to:
Jos H. M. Dols, for gathering additional information and missing species.