Creighton's slender opossum

Creighton's slender opossum (Marmosops creightoni), also known commonly as Voss' slender opossum^[2] is a species of South American opossum of the family Didelphidae. It is known only from the valley of the Rio Zongo in La Paz Department, Bolivia, where it lives in Andean cloud forests at elevations between 1800 and 3000 m.^[1] It was named after G. Ken Creighton by fellow American zoologist Robert S. Voss.^[2]

Creighton's slender opossum
Conservation status
Data Deficient  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Marmosops
Species:	M. creightoni
Binomial name
Marmosops creightoni Voss, Tarifa & Yensen, 2004
Creighton's slender opossum range