Monodelphis

• Gray Short-tailed Opossum Monodelphis (Monodelphis) domestica

  

  The gray short-tailed opossum is a small South American marsupial that lives on the ground or in low vegetation. Most have gray fur and a naked, rat-like tail.

• Amazonian Red-sided Opossum Monodelphis (Monodelphis) glirina

  

  The Amazonian red-sided opossum is a small marsupial with reddish-orange flanks that lives mainly on the ground. It occurs in Amazonian forests.

• Guyanan Short-tailed Opossum Monodelphis (Monodelphis) brevicaudata

  The Guyanan short-tailed opossum has gray or black fur on its back and reddish fur along its sides and legs. It is active by day, mainly on the ground, and eats insects and spiders.

• Hooded Red-sided Opossum Monodelphis (Monodelphis) palliolata

  The Hooded Red-sided Opossum is a small marsupial of forests in northern Venezuela and northeastern Colombia. Its short gray coat has reddish sides and hind legs.

• Santa Rosa Short-tailed Opossum Monodelphis (Monodelphis) sanctaerosae

  A young adult female collected in eastern Bolivia in 1990 had grizzled brownish-gray fur and reddish fur beside the face and ears. It was captured near a wet place bordered by savanna and forest and was described as a new species in 2012.

• Touan Short-tailed Opossum Monodelphis (Monodelphis) touan

  This short-tailed opossum occurs in French Guiana and northern Brazil. A Brazilian species guide records Amapá and Pará, while the Mammal Diversity Database gives French Guiana and northern Brazil.

• Voss's Short-tailed Opossum Monodelphis (Monodelphis) vossi

  A small marsupial described from savannas in Brazil's northern state of Roraima. The 2019 paper knew it from two localities in that state.

• Gray Short-tailed Opossum Monodelphis (Monodelphis) domestica

  The gray short-tailed opossum is a small South American marsupial that lives on the ground or in low vegetation. Most have gray fur and a naked, rat-like tail.

• Amazonian Red-sided Opossum Monodelphis (Monodelphis) glirina

  The Amazonian red-sided opossum is a small marsupial with reddish-orange flanks that lives mainly on the ground. It occurs in Amazonian forests.