Andean white-eared opossum
| Andean White-Eared Opossum[1] | |
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| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Didelphis |
| Species: | D. pernigra |
| Binomial name | |
| Didelphis pernigra J. A. Allen, 1900 | |
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| Andean White-eared Opossum range | |
The Andean White-eared Opossum (Didelphis pernigra) is an opossum species from South America. It is found in the Andes Mountains, ranging from Venezuela to Bolivia.[1]
Together with the Guianan White-eared Opossum (D. imperfecta), this species was separated from the White-eared Opossum (D. albiventris) in 2002, having been included with that species in 1993.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Gardner, A. L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Lew, D., Patterson, B., Delgado, C. & Solari, S. (2008). Didelphis pernigra. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern