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  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderDidelphimorphia
  5. ›familyDidelphidae
  6. ›genusGracilinanus
Gracilinanus marica
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Northern Gracile Opossum

Gracilinanus marica (Thomas, 1898)

Also calledChuchita costeña (spa) · Kolumbien-Schmalbeutelratte (deu) · Kolumbien-Zwergbeutelratte (deu) · Marmosa grácil septentrional (spa) · Nördliche Schmalbeutelratte (deu) · Opossum de Mary (fra) · Petit opossum-souris du nord (fra) · oposik północny (pol) · vačice severní (ces) · venezuelanopossumi (fin) · Марикский опоссум (rus) · ベネズエラマウスオポッサム (jpn)

First described in: Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7 vol.1 p.455

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

conservation

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (nt); Data Deficient as G. perijae.

Order Didelphimorphia

activity

Activity patterns. There is no information available for this species.

Didelphidae

biology_ecology

Habitat. Humid evergreen forests, deciduous forests, and savanna habitats from near sea level to 2590 m and usually associated with humidsites.

Didelphidae

biology_ecology

Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no specific information available for this species, but the Northern Gracile Opossum seems to be mainly arboreal because most specimens were captured on trees.

Didelphidae

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2439859.