Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum
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| Species: | M. regina
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| Micoureus regina (Thomas, 1898)
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The bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum[2] (Micoureus regina) or short-furred woolly mouse opossum[1] is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae.[2] Its range includes Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It is found in tropical rainforest in the westernmost portion of the Amazon Basin and the eastern foothills of the Andes, at elevations up to 1634 m.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Template:IUCN2008 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- ^ a b 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. 13. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
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