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SPECIES Gracilinanus microtarsus

Author:Wagner, 1842.
Citation:Arch. Naturgesch., 8(1): 359.
Common Name:Brazilian Gracile Opossum
Type Locality:Brazil, São Paulo, "Ypanema."
Distribution:SE Brazil.
Status:IUCN – Lower Risk (nt).
Comments:Costa et al. (2003) detailed differences between G. agilis and G. microtarsus, two taxa that Gardner (1993) suggested could prove conspecific.
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SUBSPECIES microtarsus

SUBSPECIES guahybae

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