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Amazonian red-sided opossum

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Amazonian red-sided opossum
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M. glirina

(Wagner, 1842)
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Monodelphis glirina
Amazonian red-sided opossum range

The Amazonian red-sided opossum (Monodelphis glirina) is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae,[2] formerly viewed as part of M. brevicaudata.[1] It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru, where it inhabits the Amazon rainforest. It is omnivorous, nocturnal, and primarily nonarboreal.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c Template:IUCN2008
  2. ^ 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. 14. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.