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Species of marsupial

Ronald's opossum
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Monodelphis
Species: M. ronaldi
Binomial name
Monodelphis ronaldi
Solari, 2004
Ronald's opossum range

Ronald's opossum (Monodelphis ronaldi) is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae. It was discovered in 2004, and most closely resembles M. adusta. It is known only from Manú National Park, Peru, where it inhabits the Amazon rainforest. It is named after American zoologist Ronald H. Pine.

References

  1. 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
  2. ^ Solari, S. (2015). "Monodelphis ronaldi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2015: e.T136404A22171753. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T136404A22171753.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
Extant Didelphimorphia (opossums) species
Subfamily Caluromyinae
Caluromys
(Woolly opossums)
Subgenus Caluromys
Bare-tailed woolly opossum (C. philander)
Subgenus Mallodelphys
Derby's woolly opossum (C. derbianus)
Brown-eared woolly opossum (C. lanatus)
Caluromysiops
Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. below)
Chacodelphys
Chironectes
Cryptonanus
Didelphis
(Large American
opossums)
Gracilinanus
Lestodelphys
Lutreolina
(Little water opossums)
Marmosa
(Mouse opossums)
Marmosops
(Slender opossums)
Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. above)
Metachirus
(Brown four-
eyed opossums)
Monodelphis
(Short-tailed
opossums)
Philander
(Gray & black four-
eyed opossums)
Thylamys
(Fat-tailed mouse
opossums)
Tlacuatzin
(Grey mouse
opossums)
Subfamily Glironiinae
Glironia
Subfamily Hyladelphinae
Hyladelphys
Taxon identifiers
Monodelphis ronaldi
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