Identification of Carr’s Slender Opossum Marmosops carri (Didelphimorphia) from Photographs of Live Specimens in Trinidad and Tobago, W.I.

Authors

  • Shaquille Everod George West Indian Herping Organisation
  • Rainer N. Deo Ministry of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries, Forestry Division, Wildlife Section

Abstract

Note on the easily overlooked Carr’s Slender Opossum, Marmosops carri. This note can be used to improve the identification of live and in-situ individuals of M. carri, given their sympatry with the more commonly observed M. robinsoni in Trinidad and with both M. robinsoni and M. murina, in Tobago

Published

2025-08-20

Issue

Section

Nature Notes