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Tate s Woolly Mouse Opossum

Marmosa paraguayana

Classification

Tate's woolly mouse opossum (Marmosa paraguayana) is an omnivorous, arboreal South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae, named by American zoologist George Henry Hamilton Tate. It is native to Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. The species lives in both primary and secondary forest, including forest fragments within grassland.

Distribution

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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Brazil