Marmosa waterhousei
| Marmosa waterhousei | |
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| 1859 illustration | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Marmosa |
| Species: | M. waterhousei |
| Binomial name | |
| Marmosa waterhousei Tomes, 1860 | |
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Marmosa waterhousei, the waterhouse's mouse opossum, is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. Found in the Andean regions of Ecuador, Peru, Colombia, and Venezuela, this opossum's body and tail are various shades of brown.