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 endemic 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]

Dry Chaco fat-tailed opossum
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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  1. ^ a b 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.
  2. ^ "Thylamys pulchellus (Cabrera, 1934)". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 2023-07-03.
  3. ^ 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.