Hooded red-sided opossum

Hooded red-sided opossum
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Monodelphis
Species:	M. palliolata; (Osgood, 1914)
Binomial name
	Monodelphis palliolata;
	Hooded red-sided opossum range

The hooded red-sided opossum, Monodelphis palliolata, is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae.^[2] Until recently, it was viewed as a subspecies of M. brevicaudata.^[2] It is found in Colombia and Venezuela at altitudes from sea level to 2250 m.^[1] It is a primarily nonarboreal resident of tropical rainforest, but has also been seen in areas under cultivation.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Template:IUCN2011.2
^ ^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. pp. 3–18. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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[iucn-1] Template:IUCN2011.2

[MSW3-2] 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. 3–18. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

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