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Linnaeus's Mouse Opossum
Kyle Van Houtan, CC BY 4.0, via iNaturalist

Opossums

Linnaeus's Mouse Opossum

Marmosa murina (Linnaeus, 1758)

LC Least Concern

Names

EnglishLinnaeus's Mouse Opossum
DutchAeneasrat
SpanishChucha mantequera común
Chinese林氏鼠负鼠
Scientific nameMarmosa murina (Linnaeus, 1758)

About this species

Linnaeus's mouse opossum (Marmosa murina), also known as the common or murine mouse opossum, is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae.

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Classification

KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderDidelphimorphia
FamilyDidelphidae
GenusMarmosa

In Suriname

97Records in Suriname
7iNaturalist observations
1901First record
2026Latest record

Where it has been recorded

  • Para22
  • Sipaliwini9
  • Brokopondo1
  • Paramaribo1
  • Saramacca1

Districts with at least one record that has coordinates. Shaded districts have records.

Records by month

All years combined.

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