Dusky Slender Opossum

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name = Dusky Slender OpossumMSW3 Gardner | pages = 10]
status = DD
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006 | assessors = New World Marsupial Specialist Group | year = 1996 | id = 12819 | title = Marmosops fuscatus | downloaded = 2007-07-29]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Didelphimorphia
familia = Didelphidae
genus = "Marmosops"
species = "M. fuscatus"
binomial = "Marmosops fuscatus"
binomial_authority = (Thomas, 1896)
synonyms = "M. carri" (J.A. Allen and Chapman, 1897)
"M. perfuscus" (Thomas, 1924)

The Dusky Slender Opossum ("Marmosops fuscatus") is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is found in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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