Andean white-eared opossum

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Andean white-eared opossum [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Didelphis
Species:
D. pernigra
Binomial name
Didelphis pernigra
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Andean white-eared opossum range

The Andean white-eared opossum (Didelphis pernigra) is an opossum species from South America. It is found in the Andes Mountains, ranging from Venezuela to Bolivia. [1]

Together with the Guianan white-eared opossum (D. imperfecta), this species was separated from the white-eared opossum (D. albiventris) in 2002, having been included with that species in 1993. [1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 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. 6. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  2. ↑ Pérez-Hernandez, R.; Solari, S.; Tarifa, T.; Lew, D. (2016). "Didelphis pernigra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T136395A22176668. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136395A22176668.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.
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