Brazilian Gracile Opossum

Brazilian Gracile Opossum[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Didelphimorphia Family: Didelphidae Genus: Gracilinanus Species: G. microtarsus
Binomial name
Gracilinanus microtarsus (Wagner, 1842)

The Brazilian Gracile Opossum, Gracilinanus microtarsus, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil.

References

1. ^ Gardner, Alfred (November 16, 2005). Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds). ed. Mammal Species of the World (3rd edition ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 7. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
2. ^ Brito, D., Astua de Moraes, D., Lew, D. & Soriano, P. (2008). Gracilinanus microtarsus. 2008 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN 2008. Retrieved on 28 December 2008. Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern

• Infonatura

v • d • e 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) Glironia Bushy-tailed Opossum (G. venusta)   Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. below) Chironectes Water Opossum (C. minimus) 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) · Agricola's Gracile Opossum (G. agricolai) · Wood Sprite Gracile Opossum (G. dryas) · Emilia's Gracile Opossum (G. emilae) · Pygmy Opossum (G. formosus) · Red-bellied Gracile Opossum (G. ignitus) · Northern Gracile Opossum (G. marica) · Brazilian Gracile Opossum (G. microtarsus) Hyladelphys Kalinowski's Mouse Opossum (H. kalinowskii) Lestodelphys Patagonian Opossum (L. halli) Lutreolina Lutrine Opossum (L. crassicaudata) Marmosa (Mouse opossums) Heavy-browed Mouse Opossum (M. andersoni) · Rufous Mouse Opossum (M. lepida) · Mexican Mouse Opossum (M. mexicana) · Linnaeus's Mouse Opossum (M. murina) · Quechuan Mouse Opossum (M. quichua) · Robinson's Mouse Opossum (M. robinsoni) · Red Mouse Opossum (M. rubra) · Tyleria Mouse Opossum (M. tyleriana) · Guajira Mouse Opossum (M. xerophila) Marmosops Bishop's Slender Opossum (M. bishopi) · Narrow-headed Slender Opossum (M. cracens) · Dorothys' 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) · Neblina Slender Opossum (M. neblina) · White-bellied Slender Opossum (M. noctivagus) · Delicate Slender Opossum (M. parvidens) · Brazilian Slender Opossum (M. paulensis) · Pinheiro's Slender Opossum (M. pinheiroi)   Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. above) Metachirus Brown Four-eyed Opossum (M. nudicaudatus) Micoureus Alston's Mouse Opossum (M. alstoni) · White-bellied Woolly Mouse Opossum (M. constantiae) · Woolly Mouse Opossum (M. demerarae) · Tate's Woolly Mouse Opossum (M. paraguayanus) · Little Woolly Mouse Opossum (M. phaeus) · Bare-tailed Woolly Mouse Opossum (M. regina) Monodelphis (Short-tailed opossums) Sepia Short-tailed Opossum (M. adusta) · Northern Three-striped Opossum (M. americana) · Northern Red-sided Opossum (M. brevicaudata) · Yellow-sided Opossum (M. dimidiata) · Gray Short-tailed Opossum (M. domestica) · Emilia's Short-tailed Opossum (M. emiliae) · Amazonian Red-sided Opossum (M. glirina) · Ihering's Three-striped Opossum (M. iheringi) · Pygmy Short-tailed Opossum (M. kunsi) · Marajó Short-tailed Opossum (M. maraxina) · Osgood's Short-tailed Opossum (M. osgoodi) · Hooded Red-sided Opossum (M. palliolata) · Chestnut-striped Opossum (M. rubida) · Long-nosed Short-tailed Opossum (M. scalops) · Southern Red-sided Opossum (M. sorex) · Southern Three-striped Opossum (M. theresa) · Red Three-striped Opossum (M. umbristriata) · One-striped Opossum (M. unistriata) Philander (Gray & black four- eyed opossums) Anderson's Four-eyed Opossum (P. andersoni) · Southeastern Four-eyed Opossum (P. frenatus) · McIlhenny's Four-eyed Opossum (P. mcilhennyi) · Gray Four-eyed Opossum (P. opossum) Thylamys 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 Gray Mouse Opossum (T. canescens)

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