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

Hooded Red-sided Opossum

Monodelphis palliolata (Osgood, 1914)

Also calledColicorto encapuchado (spa) · Haubenspitzmausbeutelratte (deu) · Kronen-Spitzmausbeutelratte (deu) · Opossum a capuchon (fra) · Zarigüeya encapuchada de cara roja (spa) · monodelf kapturowy (pol) · vačice kápová (ces) · ズキンワキアカジネズミオポッサム (jpn)

First described in: Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool Ser. vol.10 p.135

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

discussion

Discussion: Previously included in M. brevicaudata by Gardner (1993).

Order Didelphimorphia

materials_examined

Type Locality: " San Juan de Colon, State of Tachira, Venezuela. ".

Order Didelphimorphia

activity

Activity patterns. There is no specific information for this species, but the Hooded Red-sided Opossum is reported to be crepuscular.

Didelphidae

biology_ecology

Habitat. Tropical dry forests, pre-montane humid and very humid forests, and tropical humid forests from sea level up to elevations of 2250 m. There are also records of Hooded Red-sided Opossums in plantations, such as coffee plantations.

Didelphidae

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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2439969.