Gray slender opossum
| Gray slender opossum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Marmosops |
| Species: | M. incanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Marmosops incanus (Lund, 1841)
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| Gray slender opossum range | |
The gray slender opossum (Marmosops incanus), is an opossum species endemic to eastern Brazil. It is a semi-arboreal marsupial of the genus Marmosops. It is solitary and nocturnal, and its diet consists mainly of insects.