Sepia Short-tailed Opossum

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Sepia Short-tailed Opossum[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Monodelphis
Species: M. adusta
Binomial name
Monodelphis adusta
(Thomas, 1897)

The Sepia Short-tailed Opossum (Monodelphis adusta) is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is found in Colombia, Ecuador, Panama, and Peru.[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 adusta. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on {{{downloaded}}}.
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