Osgood's short-tailed opossum (''Monodelphis osgoodi'') is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is found in Bolivia and

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. Its natural

habitat In ecology, the term habitat summarises the array of resources, physical and biotic factors that are present in an area, such as to support the survival and reproduction of a particular species. A species habitat can be seen as the physical ...

s are subtropical or tropical moist lowland forest and subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland. It is threatened by

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. The opossum is named after American zoologist W. H. Osgood.

References

Opossums Marsupials of South America Mammals of Bolivia Mammals of Peru Mammals described in 1938 Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{marsupial-stub