Tate's woolly mouse opossum
Species of marsupial
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Tate's woolly mouse opossum (Marmosa paraguayana)[2] is an omnivorous, arboreal South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae,[3] named by American zoologist George Henry Hamilton Tate.[4] It is native to Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina. The species lives in both primary and secondary forest, including forest fragments within grassland.[1] Insects are a major component of its diet.[1] It was formerly assigned to the genus Micoureus, which was made a subgenus of Marmosa in 2009.[2] While its conservation status is "least concern", its habitat is shrinking through urbanization and conversion to agriculture over much of its range.[1]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Marmosa |
| Subgenus: | Micoureus |
| Species: | M. paraguayana |
| Binomial name | |
| Marmosa paraguayana Tate, 1931 | |
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| Tate's woolly mouse opossum range | |
| Synonyms | |
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Micoureus paraguayanus (Tate, 1931) | |
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