Red-bellied gracile opossum
The red-bellied gracile opossum (Cryptonanus ignitus) is an extinct species of opossum that was native to Jujuy Province in northwest Argentina. Its forest habitat has been destroyed, and it was last seen in 1962.
| Red-bellied gracile opossum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Cryptonanus |
| Species: | †C. ignitus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Cryptonanus ignitus (Díaz, Flores & Barquez, 2002) | |
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