Marmosops noctivagus (Tschudi 1844)

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Didelphimorphia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 3-18 : 11

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scientific name	Marmosops noctivagus (Tschudi 1844)
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[Marmosops] noctivagus (Tschudi 1844) , Fauna Peruana, Vol. 1: 148.

Type Locality: "Der mittleren und tiefen Waldregion"; restricted by Tate (1933) to Perú, Junín, Montaña de Vitoc, near Chanchamayo, Río Perené drainage.

Vernacular Names: White-bellied Slender Opossum.

Synonyms: Marmosops collega (Thomas 1920) ; Marmosops keaysi (J. A. Allen 1900) ; Marmosops leucastra ( Thomas 1927) ; Marmosops lugenda ( Thomas 1927) ; Marmosops neglecta (Osgood 1915) ; Marmosops polita (Cabrera 1913) ; Marmosops stollei (Miranda-Ribeiro 1936) .

Distribution: Amazonian Ecuador, Perú, Bolivia, and adjacent Brazil.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Anderson (1997) recognized M. noctivagus keaysi in Bolivia. Nevertheless, noctivagus is too poorly known to assign names to subspecies with confidence.