White-bellied slender opossum

White-bellied slender opossum[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Marmosops
Species:	M. noctivagus
Binomial name
Marmosops noctivagus (Tschudi, 1845)
White-bellied slender opossum range

The white-bellied slender opossum (Marmosops noctivagus) is a species of opossum from South America. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador and Peru.

Though previously regarded as a species, M. dorothea, Dorothy's slender opossum, is a synonym of M. noctivagus. On the other hand, M. ocellatus, a junior synonym of M. dorothea, is now recognized as a separate true species.^[3]

References

1. Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
2. Solari, S.; Tarifa, T.; Astúa, D.; Cáceres, N. (2021). "Marmosops noctivagus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T40508A197313291. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T40508A197313291.en.
3. Voss, Robert S.; Tarifa, Teresa; Yensen, Eric (2004). "An introduction to Marmosops (Marsupialia, Didelphidae), with the description of a new species from Bolivia and notes on the taxonomy and distribution of other Bolivian forms". American Museum Novitates (3466). American Museum of Natural History: 1–40. doi:10.1206/0003-0082(2004)466<0001:aitmmd>2.0.co;2. hdl:2246/2776. S2CID 83490188.