Patagonian opossum
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| Patagonian Opossum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Subfamily: | Didelphinae |
| Genus: | Lestodelphys Tate, 1934 |
| Species: | L. halli |
| Binomial name | |
| Lestodelphys halli (Thomas, 1921) |
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| Patagonian Opossum range | |
The Patagonian opossum (Lestodelphys halli) is the sole species in genus Lestodelphys.[2] They occur further south, in Argentina, than any other living marsupial.
[edit] References
- ^ Costa, L., Astua de Moraes, D., Brito, D., Soriano, P., Lew, D. & Delgado, C. (2008). Lestodelphys halli. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- ^ Gardner, Alfred L. (16 November 2005). "Order Didelphimorphia (pp. 3-18)". In Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). p. 8. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3/browse.asp?id=10400065.
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