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Handley's slender opossum

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Species of marsupial

Handley's slender opossum
Conservation status

Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Marmosops
Species: M. handleyi
Binomial name
Marmosops handleyi
(Pine, 1981)
Handley's slender opossum range

Handley's slender opossum (Marmosops handleyi) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is endemic to Colombia.

References

  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. ^ Pérez-Hernandez, R.; Cáceres, N. (2016). "Marmosops handleyi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T12820A22179321. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T12820A22179321.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
Extant Didelphimorphia (opossums) species
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
Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. below)
Chacodelphys
Chironectes
Cryptonanus
Didelphis
(Large American
opossums)
Gracilinanus
Lestodelphys
Lutreolina
(Little water opossums)
Marmosa
(Mouse opossums)
Marmosops
(Slender opossums)
Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. above)
Metachirus
(Brown four-
eyed opossums)
Monodelphis
(Short-tailed
opossums)
Philander
(Gray & black four-
eyed opossums)
Thylamys
(Fat-tailed mouse
opossums)
Tlacuatzin
(Grey mouse
opossums)
Subfamily Glironiinae
Glironia
Subfamily Hyladelphinae
Hyladelphys
Taxon identifiers
Marmosops handleyi
Marmosa handleyi


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