Wood sprite gracile opossum

Wood Sprite Gracile Opossum[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Gracilinanus
Species: G. dryas
Binomial name
Gracilinanus dryas
(Thomas, 1898)
Wood Sprite Gracile Opossum range

The Wood Sprite Gracile Opossum (Gracilinanus dryas) is a mammal. It is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. It is threatened by habitat loss.[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. 6-7. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
  2. ^ a b Soriano, P. & Lew, D. (2008). Gracilinanus dryas. 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 near threatened