Marmosops
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Marmosops is a genus of Neotropic opossums of the family Didelphidae. It includes the following species:
  • Genus Marmosops
    • Bishop's Slender Opossum
      Bishop's Slender Opossum
      Bishop's Slender Opossum, Marmosops bishopi is a small, arboreal marsupial opossum native to Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. It somewhat resembles a placental rat or shrew....

       (Marmosops bishopi)
    • Narrow-headed Slender Opossum
      Narrow-headed Slender Opossum
      The Narrow-headed Slender Opossum is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is endemic to Venezuela....

       (Marmosops cracens)
    • Creighton's Slender opossum
      Creighton's slender opossum
      Creighton's slender opossum , also known commonly as Voss' slender opossum is a species of South American opossum of the family Didelphidae. It is known only from the valley of the Rio Zongo in La Paz Department, Bolivia, where it lives in Andean cloud forests at elevations between 1800 and 3000 m....

       Marmosops creightoni
    • Dusky Slender Opossum
      Dusky Slender Opossum
      The Dusky Slender Opossum is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is found in Colombia, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela. It is threatened by habitat loss....

       (Marmosops fuscatus)
    • Handley's Slender Opossum
      Handley's Slender Opossum
      Handley's Slender Opossum is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is endemic to Colombia....

       (Marmosops handleyi)
    • Tschudi's Slender Opossum
      Tschudi's Slender Opossum
      Tschudi's Slender Opossum, Marmosops impavidus, is an opossum species from South America, named after Swiss naturalist Johann Jakob von Tschudi. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Peru and Venezuela.-References:*...

       (Marmosops impavidus)
    • Gray Slender Opossum
      Gray Slender Opossum
      The Gray Slender Opossum, Marmosops incanus, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil.-References:*...

       (Marmosops incanus)
    • Panama Slender Opossum
      Panama Slender Opossum
      The Panama slender opossum , also known as the slaty slender mouse opossum, is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is endemic to Panama, where it has been found in tropical rainforest habitats, including disturbed areas, at elevations from 500 to 1500 m. This opossum is mostly...

       (Marmosops invictus)
    • Junin Slender Opossum
      Junin slender opossum
      The Junin slender opossum is a species of South American opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is known only from the valley of the Rio Chanchamayo, Peru , where it lives in Andean montane forests at elevations between 1460 and 2200 m....

       (Marmosops juninensis)
    • Neblina Slender Opossum
      Neblina Slender Opossum
      The Neblina Slender Opossum, Marmosops neblina, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Ecuador, Venezuela, and perhaps Peru.-References:*...

       (Marmosops neblina)
    • White-bellied Slender Opossum
      White-bellied Slender Opossum
      The White-bellied Slender Opossum, Marmosops noctivagus, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.Recent research suggests that M. dorothea is a synonym of M. noctivagus.-References:*...

       (Marmosops noctivagus)
    • Dorothys' Slender Opossum
      Dorothys' Slender Opossum
      Dorothy's Slender Opossum is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is found in Brazil and Bolivia. It is threatened by habitat loss....

       (Marmosops ocellatus)
    • Delicate Slender Opossum
      Delicate Slender Opossum
      The delicate slender opossum, Marmosops parvidens, is a small pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae that occurs in French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, and adjacent Venezuela and Brazil...

       (Marmosops parvidens)
    • Brazilian Slender Opossum
      Brazilian Slender Opossum
      The Brazilian Slender Opossum, Marmosops paulensis, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in moist montane forest in the Atlantic Forest region of southeastern Brazil. Its breeding appears to be fully semelparous, unusual for a mammal....

       (Marmosops paulensis)
    • Pinheiro's Slender Opossum
      Pinheiro's Slender Opossum
      Pinheiro's Slender Opossum, Marmosops pinheiroi, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil, French Guyana, Guyana, Suriname and Venezuela.-References:*...

      (Marmosops pinheiroi)
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