Bishop's_slender_opossum

Bishop's slender opossum

Bishop's slender opossum

Species of marsupial

Bishop's slender opossum (Marmosops bishopi) is a small, arboreal marsupial opossum native to Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia.[1] It somewhat resembles a placental rat or shrew.

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References

  1. [1]
    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. 10. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
  2. [2]
    Tarifa, T. (2016). "Marmosops bishopi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136296A22178294. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136296A22178294.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. [3]
    Pine, Ronald H. (1981). "Reviews of the mouse opossums Marmosa parvidens Tate and Marmosa invicta Goldman (Mammalia: Marsupialia: Didelphidae) with description of a new species". Mammalia. 45 (1): 63–64. doi:10.1515/mamm.1981.45.1.55. S2CID 84230285.

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