Guajira mouse opossum

Guajira Mouse Opossum[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Marmosa
Species: M. xerophila
Binomial name
Marmosa xerophila
Handley & Gordon, 1979
Guajira Mouse Opossum range

The Guajira Mouse Opossum (Marmosa xerophila) is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.[2]

References

  1. ^ Gardner, Alfred (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 10. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
  2. ^ a b Weksler, M., Patterson, B & Bonvicino, C. (2008). Marmosa xerophila. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is listed as vulnerable