mouse opossums
Marmosa meridae
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Didelphimorphia
- Family
- Didelphidae
Les Souris-opossums (Marmosa) forment un genre de marsupiaux de la famille des Didelphidae. Ce sont des opossums ou sarigues. Ne pas confondre ce genre avec les souris marsupiales du genre Sminthopsis, ni avec les Souris-opossum des montagnes de nom scientifique Burramys parvus.
The 29 species in the genus Marmosa are relatively small Neotropical members of the family Didelphidae. This genus is one of three that are known as mouse opossums. The others are Thylamys (the "fat-tailed mouse opossums") and Tlacuatzin, the grayish mouse opossum.
La cuica es un instrumento musical membranófono de fricción. La cuica de metal es la más común, pero puede ser de madera o, menos habitualmente, de fibra de vidrio. Se encaja un extremo de un palillo de bambú en la superficie inferior del parche.
Distribution
More from the same family

Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum
Caluromys philander
Didelphidae
Water Opossum
Chironectes minimus
Didelphidae
Guianan White-eared Opossum
Didelphis imperfecta
Didelphidae
Common Opossum
Didelphis marsupialis
Didelphidae
Emilia's Gracile Opossum
Gracilinanus emiliae
Didelphidae
Woolly Mouse Opossum
Marmosa demerarae
Didelphidae
Linnaeus's Mouse Opossum
Marmosa murina
Didelphidae
Brown Four-eyed Opossum
Metachirus nudicaudatus
Didelphidae