Northern red-sided opossum

Northern red-sided opossum[1]
Northern red-sided opossum illustration
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Monodelphis
Species:
M. brevicaudata
Binomial name
Monodelphis brevicaudata
(Erxleben, 1777)
Northern red-sided opossum range

The northern red-sided opossum or the Guianan short-tailed opossum,[3] Monodelphis brevicaudata, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil. French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.

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  2. ^ Catzeflis, F.; Costa, P.; Lew D.; Soriano, P. (2015). "Monodelphis brevicaudata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T40513A22171441. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T40513A22171441.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
  3. ^ Carvalho, B de A., Oliveira, L. F. B., Langguth, A. Freygang, C. C., Ferrax, R. S., Mattevi, M. Phylogenetic relationships and phylogeographic patterns in Monodelphis (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae). Journal of Mammalogy. 92(1): 121-133. 2011