Creighton's slender opossum
| Creighton's slender opossum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Marmosops |
| Species: | M. creightoni |
| Binomial name | |
| Marmosops creightoni Voss, Tarifa & Yensen, 2004 | |
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| Creighton's slender opossum range | |
Creighton's slender opossum (Marmosops creightoni), also known commonly as Voss' slender opossum[2] is a species of South American opossum of the family Didelphidae. It is known only from the valley of the Rio Zongo in La Paz Department, Bolivia, where it lives in Andean cloud forests at elevations between 1800 and 3000 m.[1] It was named after G. Ken Creighton by fellow American zoologist Robert S. Voss.[2]
References
- 1 2 Vargas, J. & Patterson, B. (2008). "Marmosops creightoni". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2008. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 22 March 2009. Database entry includes justification for why this species is data deficient
- 1 2 Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 90. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.
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