Long-nosed short-tailed opossum

Long-nosed short-tailed opossum[1]
	A rufous mouse opossum (above) and long-nosed short-tailed opossum (below)
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Monodelphis
Species:	M. scalops
Binomial name
	Monodelphis scalops; (Thomas, 1888)
	Long-nosed short-tailed opossum range

The long-nosed short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis scalops), is an opossum species from Argentina and Brazil.

Mododelphis scalops

References

Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 15. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
Vieira, E. & Brito, D. (2008). "Monodelphis scalops". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2008. Retrieved 28 December 2008.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)old-form url

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