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Kalinowski's Mouse Opossum

 
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Kalinowski's Mouse Opossum[1]
Conservation status
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Hyladelphys
Voss, Lunde, and Simmons, 2001
Species: H. kalinowskii
Binomial name
Hyladelphys kalinowskii
(P. Hershkovitz, 1992)
Synonyms

Gracilinanus kalinowskii
P. Hershkovitz, 1992

Kalinowski's Mouse Opossumn or the Peru Gracile Mouse Opossum (Hyladelphys kalinowskii) is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It is found in French Guiana, Guyana, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.[2]

This is the only species in the genus Hyladelphys. It was removed from the genus Gracilinanus in 2001.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b 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. 7-8. ISBN 0-801-88221-4. http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3. 
  2. ^ a b Pires Costa, A. & Patterson, B. (2008). Hyladelphys kalinowskii. 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

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