| Reig's opossum[1] | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Monodelphis |
| Species: | M. reigi
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| Binomial name | |
| Monodelphis reigi Lew & Pérez-Hernández, 2004
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| Reig's opossum range | |
Reig's opossum (Monodelphis reigi) is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae, discovered in 2004.[2] It is named after Argentine biologist Osvaldo Reig (1929–1992).[3] It was initially found in montane forest in Canaima National Park, Venezuela at an elevation of 1300 m in the Sierra de Lema.[2] It is typically found between 1100 m and 2050 m on Mount Ayanganna.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ Gardner, Alfred L. (2007), "Tribe Monodelphini", in Gardner, Alfred L. (ed.), Mammals of South America, Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 39–116 (p. 100), ISBN 978-0-226-28240-4, OCLC 644361912
- ^ a b c Pérez-Hernandez, R.; Ventura, J.; López Fuster, M. (2016). "Monodelphis reigi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136392A22170127. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136392A22170127.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 338. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.
- ^ Lim, B.K. (5 June 2012). "Biogeography of Mammals From the Guianas of South America". In Patterson, B.D.; Costa, L.P. (eds.). Bones, Clones, and Biomes: The History and Geography of Recent Neotropical Mammals. University of Chicago Press. pp. 230–246. ISBN 978-0-226-64919-1.
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