White-bellied slender opossum
(Redirected from Dorothys' Slender Opossum)
| White-bellied slender opossum[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Marmosops |
| Species: | M. noctivagus
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| Marmosops noctivagus (Tschudi, 1845)
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| White-bellied slender opossum range | |
The white-bellied slender opossum (Marmosops noctivagus) is a species of opossum from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.
Though previously regarded as a species, M. dorothea, Dorothy's slender opossum, is a synonym of M. noctivagus. On the other hand, M. ocellatus, a junior synonym of M. dorothea, is now recognized as a separate true species.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ 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. 11. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Solari, S.; Tarifa, T.; Astúa, D.; Cáceres, N. (2021). "Marmosops noctivagus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T40508A197313291. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T40508A197313291.en.
- ^ Voss, Robert S.; Tarifa, Teresa; Yensen, Eric (2004). "An introduction to Marmosops (Marsupialia, Didelphidae), with the description of a new species from Bolivia and notes on the taxonomy and distribution of other Bolivian forms". American Museum Novitates (3466). American Museum of Natural History: 1–40. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2004)466<0001:aitmmd>2.0.co;2. hdl:2246/2776. S2CID 83490188.
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