The Guajira mouse opossum (''Marmosa xerophila'') 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 found in
Colombia and
Venezuela
Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in ...
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Opossums
Marsupials of South America
Mammals of Colombia
Mammals of Venezuela
Mammals described in 1979
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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