Table 1.
Specimens analyzed and respective sample sizes. Asterisks indicate species not used in ancestral size and shape reconstructions
| Genus/species | n | Genus/species | n |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caluromys | Marmosops (cont.) | ||
| Caluromys derbianus | 68 | Marmosops carri | 38 |
| Caluromys lanatus | 61 | Marmosops caucae | 3 |
| Caluromys philander | 104 | Marmosops chucha | 3 |
| Caluromysiops | Marmosops fuscatus | 1 | |
| Caluromysiops irrupta | 5 | Marmosops incanus | 64 |
| Chironectes | Marmosops invictus | 8 | |
| Chironectes minimus | 54 | Marmosops noctivagus | 75 |
| Cryptonanus | Marmosops ocellatus | 18 | |
| Cryptonanus agricolai | 10 | Marmosops parvidens | 11 |
| Cryptonanus chacoensis | 7 | Marmosops paulensis | 32 |
| Cryptonanus guahybae | 17 | Marmosops pinheiroi | 19 |
| Cryptonanus unduaviensis | 6 | Metachirus | |
| Didelphis | Metachirus aritanai | 1 | |
| Didelphis albiventris | 60 | Metachirus myosurus | 56 |
| Didelphis aurita | 57 | Monodelphis | |
| Didelphis imperfecta | 16 | Monodelphis adusta | 19 |
| Didelphis marsupialis | 65 | Monodelphis americana | 51 |
| Didelphis pernigra | 66 | Monodelphis arlindoi | 22 |
| Didelphis virginiana | 19 | Monodelphis brevicaudata | 40 |
| Glironia | Monodelphis dimidiata | 23 | |
| Glironia venusta | 4 | Monodelphis domestica | 73 |
| Gracilinanus | Monodelphis emiliae | 12 | |
| Gracilinanus aceramarcae | 7 | Monodelphis gardneri | 1 |
| Gracilinanus agilis | 67 | Monodelphis glirina | 74 |
| Gracilinanus dryas* | 8 | Monodelphis handleyi | 3 |
| Gracilinanus marica | 9 | Monodelphis iheringi | 16 |
| Gracilinanus microtarsus | 33 | Monodelphis kunsi | 2 |
| Hyladelphys | Monodelphis osgoodi | 1 | |
| Hyladelphys kalinowskii | 3 | Monodelphis palliolata | 8 |
| Lestodelphys | Monodelphis peruviana | 6 | |
| Lestodelphys halli | 12 | Monodelphis pinocchio | 2 |
| Lutreolina | Monodelphis reigi | 1 | |
| Lutreolina crassicaudata | 53 | Monodelphis saci | 13 |
| Lutreolina massoia | 1 | Monodelphis sanctaerosae | 1 |
| Marmosa | Monodelphis scalops | 8 | |
| Marmosa adleri | 4 | Monodelphis touan | 24 |
| Marmosa alstoni | 11 | Monodelphis vossi | 3 |
| Marmosa constantiae | 12 | Philander | |
| Marmosa demerarae | 53 | Philander andersoni | 39 |
| Marmosa germana | 4 | Philander mcilhennyi | 15 |
| Marmosa isthmica | 57 | Philander melanurus | 59 |
| Marmosa jansae | 2 | Philander opossum | 49 |
| Marmosa lepida | 6 | Philander quica | 62 |
| Marmosa mexicana | 47 | Thylamys | |
| Marmosa murina | 57 | Thylamys elegans | 46 |
| Marmosa paraguayana | 48 | Thylamys karimii | 16 |
| Marmosa parda | 4 | Thylamys macrurus | 4 |
| Marmosa phaea | 11 | Thylamys pallidior | 74 |
| Marmosa rapposa | 11 | Thylamys pusillus | 10 |
| Marmosa rubra | 17 | Thylamys sponsorius | 21 |
| Marmosa rutteri | 48 | Thylamys tatei | 10 |
| Marmosa tyleriana | 8 | Thylamys venustus | 10 |
| Marmosa xerophila | 60 | Tlacuatzin | |
| Marmosops | Tlacuatzin balsasensis | 5 | |
| Marmosops bishopi | 4 | Tlacuatzin sinaloae | 42 |
| Total | 2470 |