Author: Mustrangi, Meika A. & Patton, James L.
Title: Phylogeography and Systematics of the Slender Mouse Opossum 'Marmosops' (Marsupialia, Didelphidae)
Description: Berkeley, Univ. of California Press, (1997). orig. wrappers. 25x17cm, x,86 pp, Series: University of California publications: Zoology. Volume 130.. Textual photos,maps,graphs. Rubbed. Small cover tear. Cover creased. Good. ¶ Contents: Introduction; South American Dedelphid Marsupials and the Genus 'Marmosops' ; The Atlantic Forest; Molecular Phylogenetics and Phylography; Materials and Methods; Molecular Analyses; Morphological Analyses; Specimens Examined; Marmosops of the Atlantic Forest; Variation in Cytochrome b Sequences; Phylogeographic Groups; Systematics of 'marmosops' in the Atlantic Forest; 'Marmosops incanus'; 'Marmosops paulensis'; Common Biogeographic Patterns in the Atlantic Forest; Phylogenetic Relationships among Species of 'Marmosops'; Amazonian Taxa; Haplotype Groups; Phylogenetic Relationships; Rate and Timing of Molecular Divergence; Conclusion and Perspectives; Appendix: Cytochrome b Sequence Variation in 'marmosops'. Publishers description: "This monograph details molecular ( DNA sequence) and morphological variation of slender mouse opposums of the genus Marmosops, a diverse but biologically poorly known group of insectivorous marsupials of the neotropical wet forests. Emphasis is placed on taxa of the Atlantic rainforest of coastal Brazil, with comparisons made to those of Amazonia. Lineages of these opossums are quite old, likely dating fromthe late Tertiary, and the acutal number of species in the genus is considerably higher than presently believed. Both of these findings are important to issues of meaasurement and management of biodiversity in threatened ecosystems.

Keywords: Vertebrate Zoology, Brazil Zoology, Classification, Systematics, Marmosops, Mouse Opossum, Marsupialia, Didelphidae, Marsupial Fauna