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Western Amazonian Mouse Opossum

Marmosa macrotarsus

Classification

The Quechuan mouse opossum (Marmosa macrotarsus), also called the western Amazonian mouse opossum, is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae. It was known from only two areas of montane forest on the eastern slopes of the Andes in Peru, at altitudes from 300 to 2700 m. : at the type locality in the Valle de Occobamba is in the southern area, in Cuzco Region, and in the northern area is in the vicinity of Moyobamba in San Martín Region.

Distribution

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