Amazonian red-sided opossum

The Amazonian red-sided opossum (Monodelphis glirina) is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae,^[2] formerly viewed as part of M. brevicaudata.^[1] It is found in Bolivia, Brazil and Peru, where it inhabits the Amazon rainforest. It is omnivorous, nocturnal, and primarily nonarboreal.^[1]

Amazonian red-sided opossum
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Monodelphis
Species:	M. glirina
Binomial name
Monodelphis glirina (Wagner, 1842)
Amazonian red-sided opossum range