Narrow-headed slender opossum

Narrow-headed slender opossum[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Marmosops
Species: M. cracens
Binomial name
Marmosops cracens
Handley & Gordon, 1979
Narrow-headed slender opossum range

The narrow-headed slender opossum (Marmosops cracens) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is endemic to Venezuela.[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. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. 1 2 Weksler, M., Patterson, B. & Bonvicino, C. (2008). Marmosops cracens. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is data deficient


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