Monodelphis reigi

Lew & Pérez-Hernández, 2004

Reig's Opossum

Taxonomy

Subclass : Theria
Infraclass : Marsupialia
Superorder : Ameridelphia
Order : Didelphimorphia
Family : Didelphidae
Subfamily : Didelphinae
Tribe : Marmosini
Genus : Monodelphis
Subgenus : Mygalodelphys

Species status

Living
Found in the wild

Authority citation

Lew, D. and Pérez-Hernández, R. 2004. Una nueva especie del género Monodelphis (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) de la sierra de Lema, Venezuela. Memoria de la Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales 159-160:7-25.

Authority publication link

http://www.fundacionlasalle.org.ve/userfiles/7-una%20nuev_%20esp_%20monodelphi.pdf

Original name as described

Monodelphis reigi

Type material

MBUCV I-2358

Type kind

holotype

Type locality

"carretera El Dorado-Santa Elena, km 134, Estado Bolívar, Venezuela, 1300m."

Biogeographic realm

Neotropic

Country distribution

Venezuela · Guyana

Taxonomy notes

recently described

Taxonomy notes citation

Lew, D., & Pérez-Hernández, R. (2004). Una nueva especie del género Monodelphis (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) de la sierra de Lema, Venezuela. Memoria de la Fundación La Salle de Ciencias Naturales, 159(160), 7-25.

IUCN Red List status

Vulnerable

Species Permalink

https://www.mammaldiversity.org/taxon/1000078

Country distribution map

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