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Reig's opossum
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Monodelphis
Species:	M. reigi
Binomial name
Monodelphis reigi Lew & Pérez-Hernández, 2004
Reig's opossum range

Reig's opossum (Monodelphis reigi) is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae, discovered in 2004. It is named after Argentine biologist Osvaldo Reig (1929–1992). It was initially found in montane forest in Canaima National Park, Venezuela at an elevation of 1300 m in the Sierra de Lema. It is typically found between 1100 m and 2050 m on Mount Ayanganna.

References

1. Gardner, Alfred L. (2007), "Tribe Monodelphini", in Gardner, Alfred L. (ed.), Mammals of South America, Volume 1: Marsupials, Xenarthrans, Shrews, and Bats, Chicago: University of Chicago Press, pp. 39–116 (p. 100), ISBN 978-0-226-28240-4, OCLC 644361912
2. ^ Pérez-Hernandez, R.; Ventura, J.; López Fuster, M. (2016). "Monodelphis reigi". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136392A22170127. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136392A22170127.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
3. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 338. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.
4. Lim, B.K. (5 June 2012). "Biogeography of Mammals From the Guianas of South America". In Patterson, B.D.; Costa, L.P. (eds.). Bones, Clones, and Biomes: The History and Geography of Recent Neotropical Mammals. University of Chicago Press. pp. 230–246. ISBN 978-0-226-64919-1.

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