The northern gracile opossum (''Gracilinanus marica'') is a species of

opossum Opossums () are members of the marsupial order Didelphimorphia () endemic to the Americas. The largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, it comprises 93 species in 18 genera. Opossums originated in South America and entered North ...

in the family Didelphidae. It is found in

Colombia Colombia (, ; ), officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country in South America with insular regions in North America—near Nicaragua's Caribbean coast—as well as in the Pacific Ocean. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Car ...

and Venezuela. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.

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Opossums Mammals of Colombia Mammals of Venezuela Marsupials of South America Mammals described in 1898 Taxa named by Oldfield Thomas Taxonomy articles created by Polbot {{marsupial-stub