One-striped opossum

One-striped opossum[1]

Critically endangered, possibly extinct  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Monodelphis
Species: M. unistriata
Binomial name
Monodelphis unistriata
(Wagner, 1842)
One-striped opossum range

The one-striped opossum (Monodelphis unistriata) is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina and Brazil.

References

  1. ↑ Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 16. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. ↑ Pavan, S. (2016). "Monodelphis unistriata". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T13703A22171555. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-3.RLTS.T13703A22171555.en. Retrieved 9 December 2017.


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