Chacoan pygmy opossum
| Chacoan pygmy opossum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Subfamily: | Didelphinae |
| Tribe: | Thylamyini |
| Genus: | Chacodelphys Voss et al., 2004 |
| Species: | C. formosa |
| Binomial name | |
| Chacodelphys formosa (Shamel, 1930) | |
| Chacoan pygmy opossum range | |
The Chacoan pygmy opossum (Chacodelphys formosa) is a recently described genus and species of didelphimorph marsupial. The only species in Chacodelphys, C. formosa, was known until 2004 from only one specimen collected in 1920 in the Chaco of Formosa Province, Argentina. The species is gaining popularity as a pocket pet.
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