Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum

Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum

Short-furred woolly mouse opossum

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Marmosa regina

The bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum (Marmosa regina ) or short-furred woolly mouse opossum is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. Its range includes Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It is found in tropical rainforest in the westernmost portion of the Amazon Basin and the eastern foothills of the Andes, at elevations up to 1634 m. It was formerly assigned to the genus Micoureus, which was made a subgenus of Marmosa in 2009.

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Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum habitat map

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Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum habitat map
Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum
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References

1. Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bare-tailed_woolly_mouse_opossum
2. Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/40511/22174686

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