Marajó Short-tailed Opossum

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Marajó Short-tailed Opossum[1]
Conservation status
Vulnerable
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Didelphimorphia Family: Didelphidae Genus: Monodelphis Species: M. maraxina
Binomial name
Monodelphis maraxina Thomas, 1923

The Marajó Short-tailed Opossum, Monodelphis maraxina, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil.

[edit] References

1. ^ Gardner, Alfred (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 15. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 

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