The delicate slender opossum (''Marmosops parvidens'') is a small pouchless

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of the family Didelphidae that occurs in

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, Guyana,

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, and adjacent

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and

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. ''

Marmosops pinheiroi Pinheiro's slender opossum (''Marmosops pinheiroi'') is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republ ...

'', ''

Marmosops bishopi Bishop's slender opossum (''Marmosops bishopi'') is a small, arboreal marsupial opossum native to Brazil, Peru, and Bolivia. It somewhat resembles a placental rat or shrew Shrews (family Soricidae) are small mole-like mammals classified in ...

'' and '' Marmosops juninensis'' had long been considered to represent the same species, until ''parvidens'' and ''pinheiroi'' were found in

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in French Guiana. This species is found in moist

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at elevations up to 2000 m. It is

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and partially

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, and feeds on insects and fruit.

References

External links

A list of various members of genus Marmosops
Opossums Marsupials of South America Mammals of Brazil Fauna of the Guianas Mammals of French Guiana Mammals of Guyana Mammals of Suriname Mammals of Venezuela Mammals described in 1931 {{marsupial-stub