The Unduavi gracile opossum (''Cryptonanus unduaviensis'') is a species of
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 Nort ...
in the family
Didelphidae. It is native to northern
Bolivia
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, where it has been found in seasonally
flooded grassland.
Some of the specimens recognized by Voss ''et al.'' as belonging to this species were previously classified as the ''unduaviensis'' or ''buenavistae'' subspecies of ''
Gracilinanus agilis
The agile gracile opossum (''Gracilinanus agilis''), is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, and Uruguay.
It is nocturnal, arboreal and frequents the forest understory, whe ...
.
References
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Opossums
Endemic fauna of Bolivia
Marsupials of South America
Mammals of Bolivia
Mammals described in 1931
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