Northern three-striped opossum

Northern three-striped opossum
Northern three-striped opossum[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Monodelphis
Species: M. americana
Binomial name
Monodelphis americana
Müller, 1776
Northern three-striped opossum range

The northern three-striped opossum, Monodelphis americana, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil.

References

  1. ^ Gardner, Alfred (16 November 2005). Wilson, Don E., and Reeder, DeeAnn M., eds. ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2 vols. (2142 pp.). pp. 13-14. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
  2. ^ Brito, D. & Astua de Moraes, D. (2008). Monodelphis americana. 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