Tschudi's Slender Opossum

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Tschudi's Slender Opossum[1]
Conservation status
Near Threatened [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Didelphimorphia Family: Didelphidae Genus: Marmosops Species: M. impavidus
Binomial name
Marmosops impavidus (Tschudi, 1844)

The Tschudi's Slender Opossum, Marmosops impavidus, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.

[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, 10. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
2. ^ New World Marsupial Specialist Group (1996). Marmosops impavidus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 2006-09-25.

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