Short-tailed opossum
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{{Taxobox
| name = Short-tailed opossums
| image = Monodelphis_domestica.jpg
| image_caption = [[Gray Short-tailed Opossum]]<br>''Monodelphis domestica''
| regnum = [[Animal]]ia
| phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]]
| classis = [[Mammal]]ia
| ordo = [[Didelphimorphia]]
| familia = [[Didelphidae]]
| subfamilia = [[Didelphinae]]
| genus = '''''Monodelphis'''''
| genus_authority = [[Gilbert Thomas Burnett|Burnett]], 1830
| type_species = ''[[Northern Red-sided Opossum|Monodelphis brachyura]]''
| type_species_authority = [[Gilbert Thomas Burnett|Burnett]], 1830
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision = 20 species, see article.
}}
'''''Monodelphis''''' is a [[genus]] of [[marsupial]]s in the [[family (biology)|family]] [[Didelphidae]], commonly referred to as '''short-tailed opossums'''. They are found throughout [[South America]].
== Species ==
* [[Sepia Short-tailed Opossum]] (''[[Monodelphis adusta]]'')
* [[Northern Three-striped Opossum]] (''[[Monodelphis americana]]'')
* [[Northern Red-sided Opossum]] (''[[Monodelphis brevicaudata]]'')
* [[Yellow-sided Opossum]] (''[[Monodelphis dimidiata]]'')
* [[Gray Short-tailed Opossum]] (''[[Monodelphis domestica]]'')
* [[Emilia's Short-tailed Opossum]] (''[[Monodelphis emiliae]]'')
* [[Amazonian Red-sided Opossum]] (''[[Monodelphis glirina]]'')
* [[Ihering's Three-striped Opossum]] (''[[Monodelphis iheringi]]'')
* [[Pygmy Short-tailed Opossum]] (''[[Monodelphis kunsi]]'')
* [[Marajó Short-tailed Opossum]] (''[[Monodelphis maraxina]]'')
* [[Osgood's Short-tailed Opossum]] (''[[Monodelphis osgoodi]]'')
* [[Hooded Red-sided Opossum]] (''[[Monodelphis palliolata]]'')
* ''[[Monodelphis reigi]]''
* [[Peruvian Short-tailed Opossum]] (''[[Monodelphis ronaldi]]'')
* [[Chestnut-striped Opossum]] (''[[Monodelphis rubida]]'')
* [[Long-nosed Short-tailed Opossum]] (''[[Monodelphis scalops]]'')
* [[Southern Red-sided Opossum]] (''[[Monodelphis sorex]]'')
* [[Southern Three-striped Opossum]] (''[[Monodelphis theresa]]'')
* [[Red Three-striped Opossum]] (''[[Monodelphis umbristriata]]'')
* [[One-striped Opossum]] (''[[Monodelphis unistriata]]'')
== Conservation status ==
''M. sorex'' and ''M. rubida'' are considered to be endangered. ''M. dimidiata'' is unique in that it is a [[semelparous]] species, something rarely seen in mammals.
== References ==
*[http://www.knowyoursto.com/didelphidae/monodelphis.html Know Your Short-tailed Opossum: ''Monodelphis'']
*[http://www.itis.usda.gov Integrated Taxonomic Information System]
*{{MSW3 Gardner|pages=13-16}}
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