| Big lutrine 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 |
| Tribe: | Didelphini |
| Genus: | Lutreolina |
| Species: | L. crassicaudata
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| Binomial name | |
| Lutreolina crassicaudata Desmarest, 1804
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L. crassicaudata crassicaudata | |
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| Big lutrine opossum range (green) | |
The big lutrine opossum (Lutreolina crassicaudata),[2] also called little water opossum, thick-tailed opossum and coligrueso, is a long-tailed, otter-like mammal native to grasslands of South America. It generally lives near water and is active at night, dawn or dusk. It eats mice, insects and crabs. Like all opossums, it is a marsupial and carries its young in a pouch.
- ^ Flores, D.; Martin, G.M. (2016). "Lutreolina crassicaudata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T40503A22175337. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T40503A22175337.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. 8. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.