Osgood's Short-tailed Opossum

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Osgood's Short-tailed Opossum[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Monodelphis
Species: M. osgoodi
Binomial name
Monodelphis osgoodi
Doutt, 1938

The Osgood's Short-tailed Opossum (Monodelphis osgoodi) is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is found in Bolivia and Peru. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

[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, 13. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
  2. ^ a b New World Marsupial Specialist Group (1996). Monodelphis osgoodi. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on {{{downloaded}}}.
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