Tlacuatzin canescens (J. A. Allen 1893)

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 : 18

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scientific name	Tlacuatzin canescens (J. A. Allen 1893)
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[Didelphis (Micoureus)] canescens J. A. Allen 1893 , Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., 5: 235.

Type Locality: México, Oaxaca, "Santo Domingo de Guzman, Isthmus of Tehuantepec." .

Vernacular Names: Gray Mouse Opossum.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Tlacuatzin canescens subsp. canescens J. A. Allen 1893

Subspecies Tlacuatzin canescens subsp. gaumeri Osgood 1913

Distribution: México from S Sonora to Oaxaca, Yucatán, and Tres Marías Isls.

Conservation: IUCN – Data Deficient as Marmosa canescens .

Discussion: Previously known as Marmosa canescens . A mandible recovered from an owl pellet suggests T. canescens also occurs in Baja California Sur (López-Forment and Urbano, 1977).