| Short-tailed opossums | |
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| Gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Tribe: | Marmosini |
| Genus: | Monodelphis Burnett, 1830 |
| Type species | |
| Monodelphis brachyura Burnett, 1830
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| Species | |
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Monodelphis is a genus of marsupials in the family Didelphidae, commonly referred to as short-tailed opossums. They are found throughout South America. As of January 2019[update], the most recently described species is M. vossi.[1]