| Amazonian red-sided opossum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Monodelphis |
| Species: | M. glirina |
| Binomial name | |
| Monodelphis glirina (Wagner, 1842) | |
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| Amazonian red-sided opossum range | |
The Amazonian red-sided opossum (Monodelphis glirina) is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae, [2] formerly viewed as part of M. brevicaudata . [1] It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru, where it inhabits the Amazon rainforest. It is omnivorous, nocturnal, and primarily nonarboreal. [1]