The southern three-striped opossum (''Monodelphis theresa'') 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 from South America. It is found in the

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 ...

region of Brazil.

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Opossums Endemic fauna of Brazil Fauna of the Atlantic Forest Marsupials of South America Mammals of Brazil Mammals described in 1921 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxobox binomials not recognized by IUCN {{marsupial-stub