Southern three-striped opossum
Appearance
Southern three-striped opossum[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Didelphimorphia |
Family: | Didelphidae |
Genus: | Monodelphis |
Species: | M. theresa
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Binomial name | |
Monodelphis theresa Thomas, 1921
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Southern three-striped opossum range |
The southern three-striped opossum (Monodelphis theresa) is an opossum species from South America. It is endemic to the Atlantic Forest region of Brazil.
References
[edit]- ^ 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. 16. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Vieira, E.; Astua de Moraes, D. & Brito, D. (2008). "Monodelphis theresa". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is data deficient