Creighton's Slender Opossum
Marmosops creightoni
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Didelphimorphia
- Family
- Didelphidae
Creighton's slender opossum (Marmosops creightoni), also known commonly as Voss' slender opossum is a species of South American opossum of the family Didelphidae. It is known only from the valley of the Rio Zongo in La Paz Department, Bolivia, where it lives in Andean cloud forests at elevations between 1800 and 3000 m. It was named after G.
Marmosops est un genre de marsupiaux de la famille des Didelphidae.
La marmosa esbelta de Creighton (Marmosops creightoni) es una especie de marsupial didelfimorfo, endémica de Bolivia. Se conoce únicamente del valle del río Zongo, cerca a la ciudad de La Paz, donde vive en los bosques nubosos andinos a elevaciones entre 1800 y 3000 m s. n.
Distribution
More from the same family
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DidelphidaeBare-tailed Woolly Opossum
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DidelphidaeBlack-shouldered Opossum
Caluromysiops irrupta
DidelphidaeWater Opossum
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DidelphidaeChacoan Mouse Opossum
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DidelphidaeUnduavi Mouse Opossum
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DidelphidaeWhite-eared Opossum
Didelphis albiventris
DidelphidaeCommon Opossum
Didelphis marsupialis
Didelphidae