Chacoan gracile opossum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Didelphimorphia |
Family: | Didelphidae |
Genus: | Cryptonanus |
Species: | C. chacoensis |
Binomial name | |
Cryptonanus chacoensis (Tate, 1931) |
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Chacoan gracile opossum range |
The chacoan gracile opossum (Cryptonanus chacoensis) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is native to Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. Its habitat is seasonally flooded grasslands and forests in and near the Gran Chaco.