Northern three-striped opossum
Appearance
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Northern 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. americana
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Binomial name | |
Monodelphis americana Müller, 1776
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Northern three-striped opossum range |
The northern three-striped opossum (Monodelphis americana) is an opossum species from South America.
It is endemic to Atlantic Forest ecoregions of coastal Brazil.
References
[edit]- ^ Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 13–14. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Astúa, D.; Cáceres, N.; Brito, D.; Costa, L.P. (2021). "Monodelphis americana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T96866849A197321762. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T96866849A197321762.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
Categories:
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Short-tailed opossums
- Endemic mammals of Brazil
- Fauna of the Atlantic Forest
- Marsupials of Brazil
- Environment of Bahia
- Environment of Espírito Santo
- Environment of Rio de Janeiro (state)
- Environment of São Paulo (state)
- Mammals described in 1776
- Taxa named by Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller
- Marsupial stubs