Heavy-browed mouse opossum

Heavy-browed mouse opossum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Marmosa
Subgenus: Stegomarmosa
Species:
M. andersoni
Binomial name
Marmosa andersoni
Pine, 1972
Heavy-browed mouse opossum range

The heavy-browed mouse opossum (Marmosa andersoni), or Anderson's mouse opossum, is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae.[2] It is endemic to a restricted range in southern Peru.[1] This opossum inhabits forests; it is nocturnal and probably arboreal.[1]

  1. ^ a b c Solari, S. (2015). "Marmosa andersoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T12812A22174790. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T12812A22174790.en.
  2. ^ 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.