Narrow-headed slender opossum
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| Narrow-headed Slender Opossum[1] | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Marmosops |
| Species: | M. cracens |
| Binomial name | |
| Marmosops cracens Handley & Gordon, 1979 | |
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| Narrow-headed Slender Opossum range | |
The Narrow-headed Slender Opossum (Marmosops cracens) is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is endemic to Venezuela.[2]
They have been on the nearly extinct list for 40 years and will remain. They say only 1/420 people around that area will ever see one.
References
- ↑ Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Weksler, M., Patterson, B. & Bonvicino, C. (2008). Marmosops cracens. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is data deficient
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