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Peruvian short-tailed opossum

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Peruvian short-tailed opossum
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Monodelphis
Species:
M. peruviana
Binomial name
Monodelphis peruviana
(Osgood, 1913)[2]

The Peruvian short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis peruviana) is a species of marsupial in the family Didelphidae[1].It is found in Bolivia and Peru.[1]

Classification

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This species was initially described as Peramys peruvianus by Wilfred H. Osgood in 1913.[2] It was later placed in the genus Monodelphis and was included under the species M. adusta (sepia short-tailed opossum) by Cabrera (1958).[3] S. Solari (2004), while comparing and revising diagnoses of specimens of the species M. adusta with Monodelphis ronaldi sp. nov., found that Monodelphis adusta peruvianus was differentiable from M. adusta; having a shorter head-body length but longer dorsal hair than M. adusta.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Solari, S. (2016). "Monodelphis peruviana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T51342998A51343019. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T51342998A51343019.en.
  2. ^ a b Osgood, Wilfred Hudson (1913). "New Peruvian Mammals". Field Museum of Natural History. Zoology Series. 10 (9): 93. Retrieved 24 January 2023.
  3. ^ a b Solari, Sergio (2004). "A new species of Monodelphis (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) from southeastern Peru". Mammalian Biology. 69 (3): 145–152. Bibcode:2004MamBi..69..145S. doi:10.1078/1616-5047-00129. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
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