Order Didelphimorphia Author Alfred L. Gardner text 1993 Smithsonian Institution Press Washington and London Editor Don E. Wilson Editor DeeAnn M. Reeder Mammal Species of the World (2 nd Edition) 15 23 book chapter http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7353070 1-56098-217-9 7353070 Marmosa xerophila Handley and Gordon, 1979 . In J. F. Eisenberg (ed.), Vertebrate ecology in the northern Neotropics, Smithson. Inst. Press., p. 68 . TYPE LOCALITY: Colombia , Guajira , "La Isla , 15 m , near Cajoro, 37 km NNE Paraguaipoa." DISTRIBUTION: NE Colombia and NW Venezuela .