Dorothy's slender opossum (''Marmosops dorothea'') is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is found in

Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

and Bolivia. It is threatened by

habitat loss Habitat destruction (also termed habitat loss and habitat reduction) is the process by which a natural habitat becomes incapable of supporting its native species. The organisms that previously inhabited the site are displaced or dead, thereby ...

. Recent research suggests that ''M. dorothea'' is a synonym of ''M. noctivagus'', the white-bellied slender opossum. On the other hand, '' M. ocellatus'', a junior synonym of ''M. dorothea'', may be a separate true species.

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Opossums Mammals of Bolivia Mammals described in 1911 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{marsupial-stub