Guianan white-eared opossum

The Guianan white-eared opossum (Didelphis imperfecta) is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Venezuela, Guyana, Suriname, and French Guiana.^[2]

Guianan white-eared opossum[1]
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Didelphis
Species:	D. imperfecta
Binomial name
Didelphis imperfecta Mondolfi & Pérez-Hernández, 1984
Guianan white-eared opossum range
Synonyms[3]
Didelphis albiventris imperfectus Mondolfi & Pérez-Hernández, 1984

Possessing the smallest distribution area of its genus, this species is endemic to the Guiana Shield and can inhabit elevations ranging from 80 to 2,250 meters above sea level in the region's lowland forests.^[4]

This species, together with the Andean white-eared opossum (D. pernigra), was separated from the white-eared opossum (D. albiventris) in 2002, having been included with that species in 1993.^[1]