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GBIF·8582521speciesAnimalia40 occurrence records
  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. ›phylumChordata
  3. ›classMammalia
  4. ›orderDidelphimorphia
  5. ›familyDidelphidae
  6. ›genusMonodelphis
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IUCN LC · Least concern

Peruvian Short-tailed Opossum

Monodelphis peruviana (Osgood, 1913)

Also calledOpossum du Pérou (fra) · Peru-Spitzmausbeutelratte (deu) · Peruanische Spitzmausbeutelratte (deu) · Peruspitzmausbeutelratte (deu) · catita (por)

Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF

activity

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

Didelphidae

biology_ecology

Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no information available for this species.

Didelphidae

breeding

Breeding. There is no information available for this species.

Didelphidae

conservation

Status and Conservation. The Peruvian Short-tailed Opossum has not been assessed as a distinct species on The IUCN Red List. Conservation status of all opossumsis being reassessed by the IUCN New World Marsupial Specialists Group.

Didelphidae

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Where it has been recorded

Recorded sightings

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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.

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In the stacks

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Every page naming Monodelphis peruviana in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →

From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 8582521.