Dry Chaco fat-tailed opossum
Thylamys pulchellus, known as the Dry Chaco fat-tailed opossum, is a species of opossum in the subfamily Didelphinae. The species is native to the Argentine portion of Gran Chaco. The species was also once considered to be a part of the common fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys pusillus) but is now considered a different species based on morphological and genetic differences.[1][2][3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Thylamys |
| Species: | T. pulchellus |
| Binomial name | |
| Thylamys pulchellus (Cabrera, 1934) | |
References
- Flores, D.; Teta, P. (2016). "Thylamys pulchellus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T199834A22172571. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T199834A22172571.en. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- "Thylamys pulchellus (Cabrera, 1934)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
- Teta, Pablo; D'Elía, Guillermo; Flores, David; de La Sancha, Noé (2009). "Diversity and distribution of the mouse opossums of the genus Thylamys (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) in north-eastern and central Argentina". Gayana. 73 (2). doi:10.4067/S0717-65382009000200003. hdl:11336/102779.
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