Bishop's slender opossum
| Bishop's slender opossum[1] | |
|---|---|
| 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 2 Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (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.
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