Red-bellied gracile opossum

The red-bellied gracile opossum (Cryptonanus ignitus) is an extinct species of opossum that was native to Jujuy Province in northwest Argentina. Its forest habitat has been destroyed, and it was last seen in 1962. It is likely a synonym of the Chacoan gracile opossum.^[2]

Red-bellied gracile opossum
Conservation status
Extinct (1962)  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Cryptonanus
Species:	†C. ignitus
Binomial name
†Cryptonanus ignitus (Díaz, Flores & Barquez, 2002)