Woolly Mouse Opossum

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Long-furred Woolly Mouse Opossum[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Micoureus
Species: M. demerarae
Binomial name
Micoureus demerarae
(Thomas, 1905)

The Long-furred Woolly Mouse Opossum (Micoureus demerarae), known locally as the Cuíca,[3] is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. Its range includes Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, and eastern Paraguay.

[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. ^ New World Marsupial Specialist Group (1996). Micoureus demerarae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2006. Retrieved on 12 May 2006.
  3. ^ Ecoparque de Una.
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