Heavy-browed mouse opossum
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| Species: | M. andersoni
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The heavy-browed mouse opossum (Marmosa andersoni), or Anderson's mouse opossum, is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae.[2] It is endemic to a restricted range in southern Peru.[1] This opossum inhabits forests; it is nocturnal and probably arboreal.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Template:IUCN2008 Database entry includes justification for why this species is data deficient
- ^ 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. 8. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Solari, Sergio & Pine, Ronald H. (2008). "Rediscovery and redescription of Marmosa (Stegomarmosa) andersoni Pine (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae), an endemic Peruvian mouse opossum, with a reassessment of its affinities" (PDF). Zootaxa. 1758: 49–61.
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