Emilia's short-tailed opossum: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Emilia's short-tailed opossum lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Monodelphis emiliae
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 Emilia's short-tailed opossum live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Emilia's short-tailed opossum in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil, Santarém.

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 Emilia's short-tailed opossum endangered?

The Emilia's short-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 Emilia's short-tailed opossum?

The Emilia's short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis emiliae) is a mammal in the order Didelphimorphia and the family Didelphidae, genus Monodelphis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Emilia's short-tailed opossum

Emilia's short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis emiliae) is an opossum species from South America. It is found south of the Amazon River from eastern Peru, through Bolivia, to central Brazil.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Emilia's short-tailed opossum (revision 1343181334), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q194902 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).