Amazonian red-sided opossum
| Amazonian red-sided opossum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Monodelphis |
| Species: | M. glirina
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| Binomial name | |
| Monodelphis glirina (Wagner, 1842)
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| Amazonian red-sided opossum range | |
The Amazonian red-sided opossum (Monodelphis glirina) is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae,[2] formerly viewed as part of M. brevicaudata.[1] It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru, where it inhabits the Amazon rainforest. It is omnivorous, nocturnal, and primarily nonarboreal.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Brito, D.; Astúa, D.; Solari, S. (2021). "Monodelphis glirina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T97249272A197321380. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T97249272A197321380.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 14. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Castilheiro, W. F. F.; Santos Filho, M. dos (June 2013). "Diet of Monodelphis glirina (Mammalia: Didelphidae) in forest fragments in southern Amazon". Zoologia (Curitiba). 30 (3): 249–254. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702013000300001. S2CID 54222034.
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