Junin slender opossum

The Junin slender opossum (Marmosops juninensis) is a species of South American opossum in the family Didelphidae.^[2] It is known only from the valley of the Chanchamayu in Peru (a range that includes Junín Region) where it lives in Andean montane forests at elevations between 1460 and 2200 m.^[1] The species is threatened by destruction of its forest habitat as the area under cultivation in the region increases.^[1]

Junin slender opossum
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Marmosops
Species:	M. juninensis
Binomial name
Marmosops juninensis (Tate, 1931)
Junin slender opossum range