The red-bellied gracile opossum (''Cryptonanus ignitus'') is an extinct species of opossum that was native to

Jujuy Province Jujuy is a province of Argentina, located in the extreme northwest of the country, at the borders with Chile and Bolivia. The only neighboring Argentine province is Salta to the east and south. Geography There are three main areas in Jujuy: ...

in northwest

Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

. Its forest habitat has been destroyed, and it was last seen in 1962.

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* Opossums Endemic fauna of Argentina Marsupials of Argentina Extinct marsupials Extinct mammals of South America Mammal extinctions since 1500 Mammals described in 2002 {{marsupial-stub