Biology:Reig's opossum

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Short description: Species of marsupial

Reig's opossum[1]
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Monodelphis
Species:
M. reigi
Binomial name
Monodelphis reigi
Lew & Pérez-Hernández, 2004
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Reig's opossum range

Reig's opossum (Monodelphis reigi) is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae, discovered in 2004.[2] It is named after Argentine biologist Osvaldo Reig (1929–1992).[3] It was initially found in montane forest in Canaima National Park, Venezuela at an elevation of 1300 m in the Sierra de Lema.[2] It is typically found between 1100 m and 2050 m on Mount Ayanganna.[4]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q3299180 entry