Spectacled Slender Opossum

Marmosops est un genre de marsupiaux de la famille des Didelphidae.

The spectacled slender opossum (Marmosops ocellatus), also known as the little spotted slender opossum, is a species in the marsupial genus Marmosops from South America. Description Marmosops ocellatus has sandy grayish-brown dorsal fur and self-cream that lacks distinct lateral zones of gray-based hairs. The tail is distinctly bicolored (dark above, pale below) and particolored (paler distally than proximally), such that the distal one-third or more of the organ is completely pale in most specimens.

Marmosops es un género de marsupiales didelfimorfos de la familia Didelphidae, conocidos vulgarmente como marmosas o raposas esbeltas. Como ocurre con otros géneros de didélfidos, la ubicación cladística de las especies de Marmosops no está definida perfectamente. Especies Se reconocen las siguientes: Marmosops bishopi (Pine, 1981) Marmosops caucae (Thomas, 1900) Marmosops cracens (Handley & Gordon, 1979) Marmosops creightoni Voss, Tarkfa & Yensen, 2004 Marmosops fuscatus (Thomas, 1896) Marmosops handleyi (Pine, 1981) Marmosops impavidus (Tschudi, 1845) Marmosops incanus (Lund, 1841)…