Dry Chaco fat-tailed opossum: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Dry Chaco fat-tailed opossum lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Thylamys pulchellus
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 Dry Chaco fat-tailed opossum live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Dry Chaco fat-tailed opossum in 1 country or territory across South America.

Argentina

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 Dry Chaco fat-tailed opossum endangered?

The Dry Chaco fat-tailed opossum’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Least concern” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Dry Chaco fat-tailed opossum?

The Dry Chaco fat-tailed opossum (Thylamys pulchellus) is a mammal in the order Didelphimorphia and the family Didelphidae, genus Thylamys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Dry Chaco fat-tailed opossum

The Dry Chaco fat-tailed opossum (Thylamys pulchellus) is a species of opossum in the subfamily Didelphinae. The species is endemic to the Argentine portion of Gran Chaco. The species was also once considered to be a part of the common fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys pusillus) but is now considered a different species based on morphological and genetic differences.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Dry Chaco fat-tailed opossum (revision 1314169606), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q97175789 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).