White-bellied slender opossum[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Didelphimorphia |
Family: | Didelphidae |
Genus: | Marmosops |
Species: | M. noctivagus
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Binomial name | |
Marmosops noctivagus (Tschudi, 1845)
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White-bellied slender opossum range |
The white-bellied slender opossum (Marmosops noctivagus) is a species of opossum from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.
Though previously regarded as a species, M. dorothea, Dorothy's slender opossum, is a synonym of M. noctivagus. On the other hand, M. ocellatus, a junior synonym of M. dorothea, is now recognized as a separate true species.[3]