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Short-tailed Opossums
Monodelphis
Monodelphis is a genus of marsupials in the family Didelphidae, commonly referred to as short-tailed opossums. They are found throughout South America. The most recently described species are Monodelphis arlindoi Pavan, Rossi & Schneider, 2012, Monodelphis sanctaerosae Voss, Pine & Solari, 2012 and Monodelphis gardneri Solari et al., 2012, with reinstatement of Monodelphis touan (Shaw, 1800), Monodelphis pinocchio Pavan, 2015 and Monodelphis saci Pavan, 2017.
5 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 24 known species
Microdelphys
subgenusMicrodelphys
Monodelphis
subgenusMonodelphis
Monodelphiops
subgenusMonodelphiops
Mygalodelphys
subgenusMygalodelphys
Pyrodelphys
subgenusPyrodelphys
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 42562.