Amazonian red-sided opossum

Amazonian red-sided opossum
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1) [1]
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)
Amazonian red-sided opossum range

The Amazonian red-sided opossum (Monodelphis glirina) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae, ^[2] formerly viewed as part of M. brevicaudata . ^[1] It is found in South America (Bolivia, Brazil and Peru), where it inhabits the Amazon rainforest. It is omnivorous, nocturnal, and primarily nonarboreal. ^[1]

References

1. 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.

• Castilheiro, W. F. F.; Santos Filho, M. dos (June 2013). "Diet of Monodelphis glirina (Mammalia: Didelphidae) in forest fragments in southern Amazon". Zoologia (Curitiba). 30 (3): 249–254. doi: 10.1590/S1984-46702013000300001 . S2CID   54222034.