Rufous Mouse Opossum

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Rufous Mouse Opossum[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Marmosa
Species: M. lepida
Binomial name
Marmosa lepida
Thomas, 1888

The Rufous Mouse Opossum, Marmosa lepida, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guyana, Peru and Surinam.

[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, 9. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. 
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