Gray slender opossum
The gray slender opossum (Marmosops incanus), is an opossum species from Brazil.
Gray slender opossum[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Didelphimorphia |
Family: | Didelphidae |
Genus: | Marmosops |
Species: | M. incanus |
Binomial name | |
Marmosops incanus (Lund, 1841) | |
Gray slender opossum range |
This species is a semi-arboreal marsupial, moving on average 67.38% on the ground.[3] They are solitary, nocturnal, and scansorial (tree climbers).[4] Their diet consists mainly of insects.[5]
References
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