Amazonian red-sided opossum
| Amazonian red-sided opossum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Monodelphis |
| Species: | M. glirina (Wagner, 1842) |
| Binomial name | |
| Monodelphis glirina | |
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| Amazonian red-sided opossum range | |
The Amazonian red-sided opossum (Monodelphis glirina) is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae,[2] formerly viewed as part of M. brevicaudata.[1] It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru, where it inhabits the Amazon rainforest. It is omnivorous, nocturnal, and primarily nonarboreal.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 Brito, D. & Astua de Moraes, D. (2008). Monodelphis glirina. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
- ↑ Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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