Guajira mouse opossum[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Marmosa
Subgenus: Exulomarmosa
Species:
M. xerophila
Binomial name
Marmosa xerophila
Handley & Gordon, 1979
Guajira mouse opossum range

The Guajira mouse opossum (Marmosa xerophila) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is found in Colombia and Venezuela.[2]

References

  1. ^ Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 10. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ^ a b Lew, D.; Gutiérrez, E.; Ventura, J.; López Fuster, M. & Pérez-Hernandez, R. (2011). "Marmosa xerophila". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2011. Retrieved 18 January 2012.


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