The monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides), or colocolo opossum, is a diminutive species of marsupial native only to south-western South America (Argentina...

Rhyncholestes Long-nosed caenolestid, Rhyncholestes raphanurus NT The monito del monte is the only extant member of its family and the only surviving member...

that includes all marsupials living in the Americas except for the Monito del monte (Dromiciops). It is now regarded as a paraphyletic group. The orders...

Though the order Microbiotheria (which has only one species, the monito del monte) is found in South America, morphological similarities suggest it is...

(Caenolestes fuliginosus) Family Microbiotheriidae Genus Dromiciops Monito del monte (Dromiciops gliroides) Family Notoryctidae Genus Notoryctes Northern...

Rhyncholestes Long-nosed caenolestid, Rhyncholestes raphanurus NT The monito del monte of Chile and Argentina is the only extant member of its family and...

including all those native to Australasia and a single species — the monito del monte — from South America. All other American marsupials are members of...

is an evil rat-like creature from Mapuche mythology. The marsupial monito del monte is sometimes called "colocolo" due to its similarity with the mythical...

australidelphian marsupials represented by only one extant species, the monito del monte, and a number of extinct species known from fossils in South America...

species in Australasia and one species (the monito del monte) in South America. The fact that the monito del monte occupies a basal position (the most basal...