Long-nosed short-tailed opossum

Long-nosed short-tailed opossum[1]
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Monodelphis
Species: M. scalops
Binomial name
Monodelphis scalops
(Thomas, 1888)
Long-nosed short-tailed opossum range

The long-nosed short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis scalops), is an opossum species from Argentina and Brazil.

References

  1. Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M, eds. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. Vieira, E. & Brito, D. (2008). Monodelphis scalops. 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