Amazonian red-sided opossum

Species of marsupial

Amazonian red-sided opossum
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Monodelphis
Species:	M. glirina
Binomial name
*Monodelphis glirina* (Wagner, 1842)

Amazonian red-sided opossum range

The Amazonian red-sided opossum (Monodelphis glirina) is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae, formerly viewed as part of M. brevicaudata. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru, where it inhabits the Amazon rainforest. It is omnivorous, nocturnal, and primarily nonarboreal.

References

^ Brito, D.; Astúa, D.; Solari, S. (2021). "Monodelphis glirina". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T97249272A197321380. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T97249272A197321380.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
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. 14. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.

Castilheiro, W. F. F.; Santos Filho, M. dos (June 2013). "Diet of Monodelphis glirina (Mammalia: Didelphidae) in forest fragments in southern Amazon". Zoologia (Curitiba). 30 (3): 249–254. doi:10.1590/S1984-46702013000300001. S2CID 54222034.

Extant Didelphimorphia (opossums) species

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Infraclass Marsupialia

Subfamily Caluromyinae

Caluromys
(Woolly opossums)

Subgenus Caluromys: Bare-tailed woolly opossum (C. philander)

Subgenus Mallodelphys: Derby's woolly opossum (C. derbianus); Brown-eared woolly opossum (C. lanatus)

Caluromysiops

Black-shouldered opossum (C. irrupta)

Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. below)

Chacodelphys	Chacoan pygmy opossum (C. formosa)
Chironectes	Water opossum (C. minimus)
Cryptonanus	Agricola's gracile opossum (C. agricolai) Chacoan gracile opossum (C. chacoensis) Guahiba gracile opossum (C. guahybae) Unduavi gracile opossum (C. unduaviensis)
Didelphis (Large American opossums)	White-eared opossum (D. albiventris) Big-eared opossum (D. aurita) Guianan white-eared opossum (D. imperfecta) Common opossum (D. marsupialis) Andean white-eared opossum (D. pernigra) Virginia opossum (D. virginiana)
Gracilinanus	Aceramarca gracile opossum (G. aceramarcae) Agile gracile opossum (G. agilis) Wood sprite gracile opossum (G. dryas) Emilia's gracile opossum (G. emilae) Northern gracile opossum (G. marica) Brazilian gracile opossum (G. microtarsus) Peruvian opossum (G. peruanus)
Lestodelphys	Patagonian opossum (L. halli)
Lutreolina (Little water opossums)	Big lutrine opossum (L. crassicaudata) Massoia's lutrine opossum (L. massoia))
Marmosa (Mouse opossums)	Adler's mouse opossum (M. adleri) Alston's mouse opossum (M. alstoni) Heavy-browed mouse opossum (M. andersoni) White-bellied woolly mouse opossum (M. constantiae) Woolly mouse opossum (M. demerarae) Northwestern mouse opossum (M. germana) Isthmian mouse opossum (M. isthmica) Jansa's woolly mouse opossum (M. jansae) Rufous mouse opossum (M. lepida) Quechuan mouse opossum (M. macrotarsus) Mexican mouse opossum (M. mexicana) Linnaeus's mouse opossum (M. murina) Nicaraguan woolly mouse opossum (M. nicaraguae) Tate's woolly mouse opossum (M. paraguayanus) Peruvian woolly mouse opossum (M. parda) Anthony's woolly mouse opossum (M. perplexa) Little woolly mouse opossum (M. phaeus) Bolivian woolly mouse opossum (M. rapposa) Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum (M. regina) Robinson's mouse opossum (M. robinsoni) Red mouse opossum (M. rubra) Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum (M. rutteri) Simons's woolly mouse opossum (M. simonsi) Tyler's mouse opossum (M. tyleriana) Waterhouse's mouse opossum (M. waterhousei) Guajira mouse opossum (M. xerophila) Zeledon's mouse opossum (M. zeledoni)
Marmosops (Slender opossums)	Bishop's slender opossum (M. bishopi) Carr's slender opossum (M. carri) Cauca slender opossum (M. caucae) Cordillera slender opossum (M. chucha) Narrow-headed slender opossum (M. cracens) Creighton's slender opossum (M. creightoni) Dorothy's slender opossum (M. dorothea) Dusky slender opossum (M. fuscatus) Handley's slender opossum (M. handleyi) Tschudi's slender opossum (M. impavidus) Gray slender opossum (M. incanus) Panama slender opossum (M. invictus) Junin slender opossum (M. juninensis) Rio Magdalena slender opossum (M. magdalenae) Silva's slender opossum (M. marina) Neblina slender opossum (M. neblina) White-bellied slender opossum (M. noctivagus) Spectacled slender opossum (M. ocellatus) Ojasti's slender opossum (M. ojastii) Pantepui slender opossum (M. pakaraimae) Delicate slender opossum (M. parvidens) Brazilian slender opossum (M. paulensis) Pinheiro's slender opossum (M. pinheiroi) Soini's slender opossum (M. soinii) Woodall's slender opossum (M. woodalli)

Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. above)

Metachirus (Brown four- eyed opossums)	Aritana's brown four-eyed opossum (M. aritanai) Common brown four-eyed opossum (M. myosuros) Guianan brown four-eyed opossum (M. nudicaudatus)
Monodelphis (Short-tailed opossums)	Sepia short-tailed opossum (M. adusta) Northern three-striped opossum (M. americana) Arlindo's short-tailed opossum (M. arlindoi) Northern red-sided opossum (M. brevicaudata) Yellow-sided opossum (M. dimidiata) Gray short-tailed opossum (M. domestica) Emilia's short-tailed opossum (M. emiliae) Gardner's short-tailed opossum (M. gardneri) Amazonian red-sided opossum (M. glirina) Handley's short-tailed opossum (M. handleyi) Ihering's three-striped opossum (M. iheringi) Pygmy short-tailed opossum (M. kunsi) Osgood's short-tailed opossum (M. osgoodi) Hooded red-sided opossum (M. palliolata) Peruvian short-tailed opossum (M. peruviana) Long-nosed short-tailed opossum (M. pinocchio) Reig's opossum (M. reigi) Ronald's opossum (M. ronaldi) Saci short-tailed opossum (M. saci) Santa Rosa short-tailed opossum (M. sanctaerosae) Long-nosed short-tailed opossum (M. scalops) Touan short-tailed opossum (M. touan) One-striped opossum (M. unistriata) Voss's short-tailed opossum (M. vossi)
Philander (Gray & black four- eyed opossums)	Anderson's four-eyed opossum (P. andersoni) Common four-eyed opossum (P. canus) Deltaic four-eyed opossum (P. deltae) Southeastern four-eyed opossum (P. frenatus) McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum (P. mcilhennyi) Dark four-eyed opossum (P. melanurus) Black four-eyed opossum (P. nigratus) Mondolfi's four-eyed opossum (P. mondolfii) Olrog's four-eyed opossum (P. olrogi) Gray four-eyed opossum (P. opossum) Pebas four-eyed opossum (P. pebas) Southern four-eyed opossum (P. quica) Northern four-eyed opossum (P. vossi)
Thylamys (Fat-tailed mouse opossums)	Cinderella fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. cinderella) Elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. elegans) Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. karimii) Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. macrurus) White-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pallidior) Common fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pusillus) Argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. sponsorius) Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. tatei) Dwarf fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. velutinus) Buff-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. venustus)
Tlacuatzin (Grey mouse opossums)	Balsas gray mouse opossum (T. balsasensis) Tehuantepec gray mouse opossum (T. canescens) Yucatan gray mouse opossum (T. gaumeri) Tres Marias gray mouse opossum (T. insularis) Northern gray mouse opossum (T. sinaloae)

Subfamily Glironiinae

Glironia	Bushy-tailed opossum (G. venusta)

Subfamily Hyladelphinae

Hyladelphys	Kalinowski's mouse opossum (H. kalinowskii)

Taxon identifiers
Monodelphis glirina	Wikidata: Q194488 Wikispecies: Monodelphis glirina CoL: 446N5 EoL: 1040872 GBIF: 2439963 iNaturalist: 42573 ITIS: 709373 IUCN: 97249272 MDD: 1000070 MSW: 10400140 NCBI: 943244 Paleobiology Database: 438283

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