- Thylamys
Taxobox
name = ThylamysMSW3 Gardner | pages = 17-18]
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammalia
ordo =Didelphimorphia
familia =Didelphidae
genus = "Thylamys"
genus_authority = Gray, 1843
type_species = "Didelphis elegans"
type_species_authority = Waterhouse, 1839
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = See text"Thylamys" is a genus of
opossum in theDidelphidae family. It contains the following species:
*Cinderella Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum ("Thylamys cinderella")
*Elegant Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum ("Thylamys elegans")
*Karimi's Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum ("Thylamys karimii")
*Paraguayan Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum ("Thylamys macrurus")
*White-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum ("Thylamys pallidior")
*Common Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum ("Thylamys pusillus")
*Argentine Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum ("Thylamys sponsorius")
*Tate's Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum ("Thylamys tatei")
*Dwarf Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum ("Thylamys velutinus")
*Buff-bellied Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum ("Thylamys venustus")References
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