Short-tailed opossum

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iShort-tailed opossums
Gray Short-tailed Opossum Monodelphis domestica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Didelphimorphia Family: Didelphidae Subfamily: Didelphinae Genus: Monodelphis Burnett, 1830
Species
20 species, see article.

Monodelphis is a genus of marsupials in the family Didelphidae, commonly referred to as short-tailed opossums. They are found throughout South America.

[edit] Species

• Sepia Short-tailed Opossum (Monodelphis adusta)
• Northern Three-striped Opossum (Monodelphis americana)
• Northern Red-sided Opossum (Monodelphis brevicaudata)
• Yellow-sided Opossum (Monodelphis dimidiata)
• Gray Short-tailed Opossum (Monodelphis domestica)
• Emilia's Short-tailed Opossum (Monodelphis emiliae)
• Amazonian Red-sided Opossum (Monodelphis glirina)
• Ihering's Three-striped Opossum (Monodelphis iheringi)
• Pygmy Short-tailed Opossum (Monodelphis kunsi)
• Marajó Short-tailed Opossum (Monodelphis maraxina)
• Osgood's Short-tailed Opossum (Monodelphis osgoodi)
• Hooded Red-sided Opossum (Monodelphis palliolata)
• Monodelphis reigi
• Peruvian Short-tailed Opossum (Monodelphis ronaldi)
• Chestnut-striped Opossum (Monodelphis rubida)
• Long-nosed Short-tailed Opossum (Monodelphis scalops)
• Southern Red-sided Opossum (Monodelphis sorex)
• Southern Three-striped Opossum (Monodelphis theresa)
• Red Three-striped Opossum (Monodelphis umbristriata)
• One-striped Opossum (Monodelphis unistriata)

[edit] Conservation status

M. sorex and M. rubida are considered to be endangered. M. dimidiata is unique in that it is a semelparous species, something rarely seen in mammals.

[edit] References

• Know Your Short-tailed Opossum: Monodelphis
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System
• Gardner, Alfred (November 16, 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 13-16. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.