Gracilinanus

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Gracilinanus[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Gracilinanus
Gardner & Creighton, 1989
Type species
Didelphys microtarsus
Wagner, 1842
Species

Gracilinanus is a genus of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It was separated from the genus Marmosa in 1989, and has since had the genus Cryptonanus removed from it. It contains the following species:[1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b 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, 6-7. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.