| Andean white-eared opossum | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Didelphis |
| Species: | D. pernigra |
| Binomial name | |
| Didelphis pernigra J. A. Allen, 1900 | |
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| Andean white-eared opossum range | |
The Andean white-eared opossum (Didelphis pernigra) is an opossum species from South America. It is found in the Andes Mountains, ranging from Venezuela to Bolivia.
Together with the Guianan white-eared opossum (D. imperfecta), this species was separated from the white-eared opossum (D. albiventris) in 2002, having been included with that species in 1993.
References
- ^ 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. 6. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- Pérez-Hernandez, R.; Solari, S.; Tarifa, T.; Lew, D. (2016). "Didelphis pernigra". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136395A22176668. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136395A22176668.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
External links
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| Didelphis pernigra | |
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