Sciophanes

• Bishop's Slender Opossum Marmosops (Sciophanes) bishopi

  Bishop's Slender Opossum ranges across western Amazonia in Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia, with records extending into Colombia, Ecuador, Andean foothills, and the Cerrado. It has been collected in lowland and premontane forests and in gallery forest within savanna landscapes.

• Carr's Slender Opossum Marmosops (Sciophanes) carri

  This slender opossum has white forefeet. Specimens were collected in premontane and montane rainforest on mainland Venezuela; its range also includes Trinidad and Tobago.

• Dusky Slender Opossum Marmosops (Sciophanes) fuscatus

  This small opossum inhabits wet montane forest in the northern Andes. It uses its long tail to climb through vegetation.

• Handley’s Slender Opossum Marmosops (Sciophanes) handleyi

  This small opossum lives in the northern Central Cordillera of Colombia. Three additional collection sites were reported after the two specimens collected in 1950.

• Panama Slender Opossum Marmosops (Sciophanes) invictus

  Its back is dark grayish brown to blackish gray, with silvery-gray fur underneath. Examined specimens come from eastern Panama, where premontane rainforest is considered a likely habitat.

• Junin Slender Opossum Marmosops (Sciophanes) juninensis

  In two females examined in 2011, the Junin slender opossum had a russet back and a white strip down the middle of the belly. Additional records are from Junín, Peru.

• Rio Magdalena Slender Opossum Marmosops (Sciophanes) magdalenae

  This small marsupial is known from specimens collected east of the Magdalena River in northern Colombia. Collection sites include lowland rainforest and lower montane moist forest.

• Ojasti's Slender Opossum Marmosops (Sciophanes) ojastii

  This small opossum is recorded from Venezuelan mountain ranges. Its 2014 description reports reddish-brown fur on the back and sides, with white or cream fur extending from the chin to the rear of the belly.

• Pantepui Slender Opossum Marmosops (Sciophanes) pakaraimae

  This marsupial is recorded in Guyana's Pakaraima Highlands. Individuals studied in Guyana were trapped close to the ground in evergreen montane forest.

• Delicate Slender Opossum Marmosops (Sciophanes) parvidens

  This small opossum is recorded mainly in the Guiana region north of the Amazon and east of the Rio Negro, chiefly in lowland rainforest.

• Pinheiro's Slender Opossum Marmosops (Sciophanes) pinheiroi

  A small marsupial recorded in moist broadleaf forest and savanna in northern South America. ADW reports use of lower tree levels.

• Silva's Slender Opossum Marmosops marina

  This small marsupial was described from south of the Amazon River in Brazil. A forest-restoration study in eastern Amazonia recorded it among the area's common small mammals.