The gray slender opossum (Marmosops incanus), is an opossum species endemic to eastern Brazil.
| Gray slender opossum[1] | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Marmosops |
| Species: | M. incanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Marmosops incanus (Lund, 1841) | |
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| Gray slender opossum range | |
This species is a semi-arboreal marsupial, moving on average 67.38% on the ground.[3] They are solitary, nocturnal, and scansorial (tree climbers).[4] Their diet consists mainly of insects.[5]
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