| White-bellied slender opossum[1] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Marmosops |
| Species: | M. noctivagus |
| Binomial name | |
| 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.
Recent research suggests that M. dorothea is a synonym of M. noctivagus.[3]
References
- ↑ 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. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ↑ Voss, Robert S.; Tarifa, Teresa; Yensen, Eric (2004-12-30). "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. American Museum of Natural History (3466): 1–40. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2004)466<0001:aitmmd>2.0.co;2. hdl:2246/2776. S2CID 83490188. Retrieved 2011-01-30.
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