Amazonian red-sided opossum

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Amazonian red-sided opossum
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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]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Brito, D.; Astúa, D.; Solari, S. (2021). "Monodelphis glirina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2021 e.T97249272A197321380. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T97249272A197321380.en . Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  2. Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 14. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.