The red mouse opossum (Marmosa rubra) is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae.[2] Its range includes eastern Ecuador and Peru.
Red mouse opossum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Didelphimorphia |
Family: | Didelphidae |
Genus: | Marmosa |
Subgenus: | Eomarmosa Voss et al., 2014 |
Species: | M. rubra
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Binomial name | |
Marmosa rubra Tate, 1931
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Red mouse opossum range |
References
edit- ^ Solari, S. (2015). "Marmosa rubra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T40507A22174358. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T40507A22174358.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
- ^ 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. 9. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.