Bishop's slender opossum
Bishop's 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. bishopi |
Binomial name | |
Marmosops bishopi (Pine, 1981) | |
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Bishop's Slender Opossum range |
Bishop's Slender Opossum, Marmosops bishopi is a small, arboreal marsupial opossum native to Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia.[1] It somewhat resembles a placental rat or shrew.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 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.
- ↑ Weksler, M., Patterson, B. & Bonvicino, C. (2008). Marmosops bishopi. 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