Reig's opossum

Reig's opossum[1]
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Monodelphis
Species:	M. reigi Lew & Pérez-Hernández, 2004
Binomial name
Monodelphis reigi
Reig's opossum range

Reig's opossum (Monodelphis reigi) is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae, discovered in 2004.^[2] It is named after Argentine biologist Osvaldo Reig (1929–1992).^[3] It was initially found in montane forest in Canaima National Park, Venezuela at an elevation of 1300 m in the Sierra de Lema.^[2] It is typically found between 1100 m and 2050 m on Mount Ayanganna.^[4]

References

1. Gardner, Alfred L. (2007), "Tribe Monodelphini", in Gardner, Alfred L., Mammals of South America, Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 39–116 (p. 100), ISBN 978-0-226-28240-4
2. Lew, D., López Fuster, M., Ventura J., Pérez-Hernandez, R. & Gutiérrez, E. (2011). "Monodelphis reigi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 18 January 2012.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 338. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.
4. Patterson, Bruce D. Biogeography of Mammals From the Guianas of South America. Bones, Clones, and Biomes: The History and Geography of Recent Neotropical Mammals. Chicago: University of Chicago, 2012. 236-46.

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