Monodelphis pinocchio

Species of marsupial

Monodelphis pinocchio
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Monodelphis
Species:	M. pinocchio
Binomial name
*Monodelphis pinocchio* Pavan, 2015

Monodelphis pinocchio, also known as the long-nosed short-tailed opossum (not to be mistaken with Monodelphis scalops) is a species of mammal in the family Didelphidae. It is endemic to southeastern Brazil.^[1]

Taxonomy

The specific epithet refers to the fictional doll Pinocchio from The Adventures of Pinocchio, alluding to the enlarged rostrum of this opossum, which resembles Pinocchios's elongated nose.^[1]

Description

It is a small species of opossum. It is uniformly brown all over its body, with a pale gray belly.^[1]

Distribution and habitat

It is found in the Atlantic Forest of southeastern Brazil, in the states of São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, and Esperito Santo. It is restricted to montane habitats.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Pavan, Silvia E. (2015-04-30). "A new species of Monodelphis (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) from the Brazilian Atlantic Forest". American Museum Novitates (3832). New York, NY: American Museum of Natural History. hdl:2246/6587.

Extant Didelphimorphia (opossums) species

Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Infraclass Marsupialia

Subfamily Caluromyinae

Caluromys (Woolly opossums)	Subgenus Caluromys Bare-tailed woolly opossum (C. philander) Subgenus Mallodelphys Derby's woolly opossum (C. derbianus) Brown-eared woolly opossum (C. lanatus)
Caluromysiops	Black-shouldered opossum (C. irrupta)
Glironia	Bushy-tailed opossum (G. venusta)

Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. below)

Chacodelphys	Chacoan pygmy opossum (C. chacoensis)
Chironectes	Water opossum (C. minimus)
Cryptonanus	Agricola's gracile opossum (C. agricolai) Chacoan gracile opossum (C. chacoensis) Guahiba gracile opossum (C. guahybae) Unduavi gracile opossum (C. unduaviensis)
Didelphis (Large American opossums)	White-eared opossum (D. albiventris) Big-eared opossum (D. aurita) Guianan white-eared opossum (D. imperfecta) Common opossum (D. marsupialis) Andean white-eared opossum (D. pernigra) Virginia opossum (D. virginiana)
Gracilinanus	Aceramarca gracile opossum (G. aceramarcae) Agile gracile opossum (G. agilis) Wood sprite gracile opossum (G. dryas) Emilia's gracile opossum (G. emilae) Northern gracile opossum (G. marica) Brazilian gracile opossum (G. microtarsus)
Hyladelphys	Kalinowski's mouse opossum (H. kalinowskii)
Lestodelphys	Patagonian opossum (L. halli)
Lutreolina	Big lutrine opossum (L. crassicaudata) Massoia's lutrine opossum (L. massoia))
Marmosa (Mouse opossums)	Alston's mouse opossum (M. alstoni) Heavy-browed mouse opossum (M. andersoni) White-bellied woolly mouse opossum (M. constantiae) Woolly mouse opossum (M. demerarae) Isthmian mouse opossum (M. isthmica) Rufous mouse opossum (M. lepida) Mexican mouse opossum (M. mexicana) Linnaeus's mouse opossum (M. murina) Tate's woolly mouse opossum (M. paraguayanus) Little woolly mouse opossum (M. phaeus) Quechuan mouse opossum (M. quichua) Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum (M. regina) Robinson's mouse opossum (M. robinsoni) Red mouse opossum (M. rubra) Tyler's mouse opossum (M. tyleriana) Guajira mouse opossum (M. xerophila)
Marmosops	Bishop's slender opossum (M. bishopi) Narrow-headed slender opossum (M. cracens) Creighton's slender opossum (M. creightoni) Dorothy's slender opossum (M. dorothea) Dusky slender opossum (M. fuscatus) Handley's slender opossum (M. handleyi) Tschudi's slender opossum (M. impavidus) Gray slender opossum (M. incanus) Panama slender opossum (M. invictus) Junin slender opossum (M. juninensis) Neblina slender opossum (M. neblina) White-bellied slender opossum (M. noctivagus) Delicate slender opossum (M. parvidens) Brazilian slender opossum (M. paulensis) Pinheiro's slender opossum (M. pinheiroi)

Subfamily Didelphinae (cont. above)

Metachirus	Brown four-eyed opossum (M. nudicaudatus)
Monodelphis (Short-tailed opossums)	Sepia short-tailed opossum (M. adusta) Northern three-striped opossum (M. americana) Northern red-sided opossum (M. brevicaudata) Yellow-sided opossum (M. dimidiata) Gray short-tailed opossum (M. domestica) Emilia's short-tailed opossum (M. emiliae) Amazonian red-sided opossum (M. glirina) Ihering's three-striped opossum (M. iheringi) Pygmy short-tailed opossum (M. kunsi) Marajó short-tailed opossum (M. maraxina) Osgood's short-tailed opossum (M. osgoodi) Hooded red-sided opossum (M. palliolata) Peruvian short-tailed opossum (M. peruviana) Reig's opossum (M. reigi) Ronald's opossum (M. ronaldi) Chestnut-striped opossum (M. rubida) Long-nosed short-tailed opossum (M. scalops) Southern red-sided opossum (M. sorex) Southern three-striped opossum (M. theresa) Red three-striped opossum (M. umbristriata) One-striped opossum (M. unistriata)
Philander (Gray & black four- eyed opossums)	Anderson's four-eyed opossum (P. andersoni) Deltaic four-eyed opossum (P. deltae) Southeastern four-eyed opossum (P. frenatus) McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum (P. mcilhennyi) Mondolfi's four-eyed opossum (P. mondolfii) Olrog's four-eyed opossum (P. olrogi) Gray four-eyed opossum (P. opossum)
Thylamys	Cinderella fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. cinderella) Elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. elegans) Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. karimii) Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. macrurus) White-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pallidior) Common fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pusillus) Argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. sponsorius) Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. tatei) Dwarf fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. velutinus) Buff-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. venustus)
Tlacuatzin	Grayish mouse opossum (T. canescens)