Pinheiro's Slender Opossum

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Pinheiro's Slender Opossum[1]
Conservation status
Not evaluated (IUCN 2.3)
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Marmosops
Species: M. pinheiroi
Binomial name
Marmosops pinheiroi
Pine, 1981

The Pinheiro's Slender Opossum, Marmosops pinheiroi, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil, French Guyana, Guyana 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, 12. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.