Wood sprite gracile opossum

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Wood sprite gracile opossum [1]
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Gracilinanus
Species:
G. dryas
Binomial name
Gracilinanus dryas
(Thomas, 1898)
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Wood sprite gracile opossum range

The wood sprite gracile opossum (Gracilinanus dryas) is a mammal. It is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss. [2]

References

  1. Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 6–7. ISBN   978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC   62265494.
  2. 1 2 Pérez-Hernandez, R.; Ventura, J.; López Fuster, M. (2016). "Gracilinanus dryas". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species . 2016: e.T9418A22169714. doi: 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T9418A22169714.en . Retrieved 12 November 2021.