Brazilian slender opossum: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Brazilian slender opossum lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Marmosops paulensis
Group	Marsupials
Status	Least concern (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Didelphimorphia
Family	Didelphidae

Where does the Brazilian slender opossum live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Brazilian slender opossum in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

Brazil

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Brazilian slender opossum endangered?

The Brazilian slender opossum’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Brazilian slender opossum?

The Brazilian slender opossum (Marmosops paulensis) is a mammal in the order Didelphimorphia and the family Didelphidae, genus Marmosops. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Brazilian slender opossum

The Brazilian slender opossum (Marmosops paulensis) is an opossum species from South America. It is found in moist montane forest in the Atlantic Forest region of southeastern Brazil, including the states of Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Paraná. Its breeding may be fully semelparous, which is unusual for a mammal.

It is considered monotypic and analysis of mtDNA sequences has distinguished this species from other Marmosops. Similar to the gray slender opossum (M. Incanus), adults of this species have short fur while young have long, soft fur. Early research identified M. paulensis as a subspecies of M. incana. The name M paulensis came from a mistaken attribution of the species origin as São Paulo. Subsequent research has, however, distinguished M. paulensis based on various features like smaller upper canines, absence of palatine fenestrae and longer incisive foramina.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Brazilian slender opossum (revision 1326214613), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q194992 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).