White-bellied Slender Opossum

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White-bellied Slender Opossum[1]
Conservation status
Least concern [2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Didelphimorphia Family: Didelphidae Genus: Marmosops Species: M. noctivagus
Binomial name
Marmosops noctivagus (Tschudi, 1845)

The White-bellied Slender Opossum, Marmosops noctivagus, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.

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

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