Peruvian short-tailed opossum
Species of marsupial
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Peruvian short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis peruviana) is a species of marsupial in the family Didelphidae[1].It is found in Bolivia and Peru.[1]
| Peruvian short-tailed opossum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Monodelphis |
| Species: | M. peruviana |
| Binomial name | |
| Monodelphis peruviana | |
Classification
This species was initially described as Peramys peruvianus by Wilfred H. Osgood in 1913.[2] It was later placed in the genus Monodelphis and was included under the species M. adusta (sepia short-tailed opossum) by Cabrera (1958).[3] S. Solari (2004), while comparing and revising diagnoses of specimens of the species M. adusta with Monodelphis ronaldi sp. nov., found that Monodelphis adusta peruvianus was differentiable from M. adusta; having a shorter head-body length but longer dorsal hair than M. adusta.[3]
.png){kind=small}