Thylamys pulchellus, known as the Dry Chaco fat-tailed opossum, is a species of opossum in the subfamily Didelphinae. The species is endemic to the Argentine portion of Gran Chaco. The species was also once considered to be a part of the common fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys pusillus) but is now considered a different species based on morphological and genetic differences.[1][2][3]
| Dry Chaco fat-tailed opossum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Thylamys |
| Species: | T. pulchellus
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| Binomial name | |
| Thylamys pulchellus (Cabrera, 1934)
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References
edit- ^ a b Flores, D.; Teta, P. (2016). "Thylamys pulchellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T199834A22172571. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T199834A22172571.en. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ^ "Thylamys pulchellus (Cabrera, 1934)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- ^ Teta, Pablo; D'Elía, Guillermo; Flores, David; de La Sancha, Noé (2009). "Diversity and distribution of the mouse opossums of the genus Thylamys (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) in north-eastern and central Argentina". Gayana. 73 (2). doi:10.4067/S0717-65382009000200003. hdl:11336/102779.
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