Dusky slender opossum

Dusky slender opossum
Dusky Slender Opossum[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Marmosops
Species: M. fuscatus
Binomial name
Marmosops fuscatus
(Thomas, 1896)
Dusky Slender Opossum range
Synonyms

M. carri (J.A. Allen and Chapman, 1897)
M. perfuscus (Thomas, 1924)

The Dusky Slender Opossum (Marmosops fuscatus) is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is found in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. It is threatened by habitat loss.[2]

References

  1. ^ Gardner, Alfred (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 10. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
  2. ^ a b Weksler, M., Patterson, B. & Bonvicino, C. (2008). Marmosops fuscatus. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is data deficient
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