Junin slender opossum

Junin slender opossum
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Marmosops
Species: M. juninensis
Binomial name
Marmosops juninensis
(Tate, 1931)
Junin slender opossum range

The Junin slender opossum (Marmosops juninensis) is a species of South American opossum in the family Didelphidae.[2] It is known only from the valley of the Chanchamayu in Peru (a range that includes Junín Region) where it lives in Andean montane forests at elevations between 1460 and 2200 m.[1] The species is threatened by destruction of its forest habitat as the area under cultivation in the region increases.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 Pacheco, V., Solari, S. & Patterson, B. (2008). Marmosops juninensis. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 22 March 2009.
  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. 11. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.