# Red mouse opossum

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{{Short description|Species of marsupial}}
{{Speciesbox
| name = Red mouse opossum
| status = DD
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 13 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Solari, S. |date=2015 |title=''Marmosa rubra'' |volume=2015 |article-number=e.T40507A22174358 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2015-4.RLTS.T40507A22174358.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}</ref>
| genus = Marmosa
| parent = Marmosa (Eomarmosa)
| parent_authority = Voss ''et al.'', 2014
| species = rubra
| authority = [Tate](/source/George_Henry_Hamilton_Tate), 1931
| range_map = Red Mouse Opossum area.png
| range_map_caption = Red mouse opossum range
}}

The '''red mouse opossum''' ('''''Marmosa rubra''''') is a [South America](/source/South_America)n [marsupial](/source/marsupial) of the family [Didelphidae](/source/Didelphidae).<ref name = msw3>{{MSW3 Didelphimorphia | id = 10400088 | page = 9}}</ref> Its range includes eastern [Ecuador](/source/Ecuador) and [Peru](/source/Peru).

==References==
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Category:Opossums
Category:Mammals described in 1931
Category:Marsupials of Ecuador
Category:Marsupials of Peru
Category:Taxa named by George Henry Hamilton Tate

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