Unduavi gracile opossum

The Unduavi gracile opossum (Cryptonanus unduaviensis) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is native to northern Bolivia, where it has been found in seasonally flooded grassland.[1] Some of the specimens recognized by Voss et al. as belonging to this species were previously classified as the unduaviensis or buenavistae subspecies of Gracilinanus agilis.[2][3]

Unduavi gracile opossum

Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Cryptonanus
Species:
C. unduaviensis
Binomial name
Cryptonanus unduaviensis
(Tate, 1931)
Unduavi gracile opossum range

References

  1. Carmignotto, A.P. (2016). "Cryptonanus unduaviensis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T136749A22177880. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136749A22177880.en. Retrieved 6 November 2019.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)}
  2. 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. pp. 6–7. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  3. Voss, R.S.; Lunde, D.P.; Jansa; S.A. (2005). "On the contents of Gracilinanus Gardner & Creighton, 1989, with the description of a previously unrecognized clade of small didelphid marsupials". American Museum Novitates. 3482: 1–34. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2005)482[0001:OTCOGG]2.0.CO;2. hdl:2246/5673.
  • Tate, G.H.H. (1931). "Brief diagnoses of twenty-six apparently new forms of Marmosa (Marsupialia) from South America". American Museum Novitates. 493: 1–14. hdl:2246/3835.


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