The northern three-striped opossum (''Monodelphis americana'') is an
opossum
Opossums () are members of the marsupial order Didelphimorphia () endemic to the Americas. The largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, it comprises 93 species in 18 genera. Opossums originated in South America and entered North ...
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of Taxonomy (biology), classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of ...
from
South America.
It is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also found else ...
to
Atlantic Forest
The Atlantic Forest ( pt, Mata Atlântica) is a South American forest that extends along the Atlantic coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte state in the northeast to Rio Grande do Sul state in the south and inland as far as Paraguay and th ...
ecoregions of coastal
Brazil.
References
Opossums
Endemic fauna of Brazil
Fauna of the Atlantic Forest
Mammals of Brazil
Marsupials of South America
Environment of Bahia
Environment of Espírito Santo
Environment of Rio de Janeiro (state)
Environment of São Paulo (state)
Mammals described in 1776
Taxa named by Philipp Ludwig Statius Müller
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