Marmosa waterhousei | |
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1859 illustration | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Didelphimorphia |
Family: | Didelphidae |
Genus: | Marmosa |
Species: | M. waterhousei
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Binomial name | |
Marmosa waterhousei Tomes, 1860
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Marmosa waterhousei, the waterhouse's mouse opossum, is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. Found in the Andean regions of Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela, this opossum's body and tail are various shades of brown.