Junin Slender Opossum
Marmosops juninensis
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Didelphimorphia
- Family
- Didelphidae
The Junin slender opossum (Marmosops juninensis) is a species of South American opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is known only from the valley of the Chanchamayu in Peru (a range that includes Junín Region) where it lives in Andean montane forests at elevations between 1460 and 2200 m. The species is threatened by destruction of its forest habitat as the area under cultivation in the region increases.
Marmosops est un genre de marsupiaux de la famille des Didelphidae.
La chuchita mantequera esbelta (Marmosops parvidens) es un pequeño marsupial sin bolsa de la familia Didelphidae propio del noreste de América del Sur. Durante muchos años se pensó que Marmosops pinheiroi, Marmosops bishopi y Marmosops juninensis correspondían a la misma especie, hasta que se descubrió en la Guyana Francesa que parvidens y pinheiroi habitaban en simpatria. Distribución y hábitat Se lo encuentra en la Guayana Francesa, Guyana, Surinam, y zonas adyacentes en Venezuela y Brasil.
Distribution
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Didelphidae