Tate's woolly mouse opossum | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Didelphimorphia |
Family: | Didelphidae |
Genus: | Marmosa |
Subgenus: | Micoureus |
Species: | M. paraguayana |
Binomial name | |
Marmosa paraguayana Tate, 1931 | |
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Tate's woolly mouse opossum range | |
Synonyms | |
Micoureus paraguayanus(Tate, 1931) |
Tate's woolly mouse opossum (Marmosa paraguayana) [2] is an omnivorous, arboreal South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae, [3] named by American zoologist George Henry Hamilton Tate. [4] It is native to Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. The species lives in both primary and secondary forest, including forest fragments within grassland. [1] Insects are a major component of its diet. [1] It was formerly assigned to the genus Micoureus , which was made a subgenus of Marmosa in 2009. [2] While its conservation status is "least concern", its habitat is shrinking through urbanization and conversion to agriculture over much of its range. [1]