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Encyclopedia > Marmosa murina
Murine Mouse Opossum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Subclass: Marsupialia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Marmosa
Species: murina
Binomial name
Marmosa murina
(Linnaeus, 1758)

The Murine Mouse Opossum (Marmosa murina) is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. Its range includes Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Surinam, French Guiana, Brazil, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and eastern Bolivia.


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Mammals: Didelphidae (487 words)
Marmosa andersoni Pine, 1972 - Anderson´s Mouse Opossum
Marmosa mexicana Merriam, 1897 - Mexican Mouse Opossum
Marmosa xerophila Handley and Gordon, 1979 - Dryland Mouse Opossum
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