Northern three-striped opossum: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the northern three-striped opossum lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Monodelphis americana
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 northern three-striped opossum live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the northern three-striped opossum in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Belém, 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 northern three-striped opossum endangered?

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

What kind of animal is the northern three-striped opossum?

The northern three-striped opossum (Monodelphis americana) is a mammal in the order Didelphimorphia and the family Didelphidae, genus Monodelphis. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the northern three-striped opossum

The northern three-striped opossum (Monodelphis americana) is an opossum species from South America.

It is endemic to Atlantic Forest ecoregions of coastal Brazil.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Northern three-striped opossum (revision 1315122381), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q194466 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).