Bushy-tailed Opossum

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iBushy-tailed Opossum
Conservation status
Vulnerable (VU)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Didelphimorphia Family: Didelphidae Subfamily: Caluromyinae Genus: Glironia Thomas, 1912 Species: G. venusta
Binomial name
Glironia venusta Thomas, 1912

Bushy-tailed Opossum, Glironia venusta, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.

It's an arboreal nocturnal animal that lives in lowland rain forests. It is very distinctive from the other opossums for having an almost fully haired tail.

[edit] References

• New World Marsupial Specialist Group (1996). Glironia venusta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a brief justification of why this species is vulnerable and the criteria used
• Eisenberg, John F., Kent H. Redford (2000). Mammals of Neotropics: Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil.
• Gardner, Alfred (November 16, 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 4. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.