Hooded red-sided opossum

Hooded 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. palliolata
Binomial name
Monodelphis palliolata (Osgood, 1914)
Hooded red-sided opossum range

The hooded red-sided opossum (Monodelphis palliolata) is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae. ^[2] Until recently, it was viewed as a subspecies of M. brevicaudata . ^[2] It is found in Colombia and Venezuela at altitudes from sea level to 2250 m. ^[1] It is a primarily nonarboreal resident of tropical rainforest, but has also been seen in areas under cultivation. ^[1]

References

1. Pérez-Hernandez, R.; Ventura, J.; López Fuster, M. (2016). "Monodelphis palliolata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016 e.T136516A22172033. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136516A22172033.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. 15. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.