Red-bellied Gracile Mouse Opossum
Cryptonanus ignitus
Red List assessment
Extincton the IUCN Red List
- EXExtinct
- EWExtinct in the Wild
- CRCritically Endangered
- ENEndangered
- VUVulnerable
- NTNear Threatened
- LCLeast Concern
The IUCN Red List assesses the Red-bellied Gracile Mouse Opossum as Extinct.
- Genus
- Cryptonanus
- Red List category
- Extinct
- Data updated
- August 9, 2026
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Questions about the Red-bellied Gracile Mouse Opossum
Is the Red-bellied Gracile Mouse Opossum endangered?
The IUCN Red List assesses the Red-bellied Gracile Mouse Opossum as Extinct. No reasonable doubt remains that the last individual has died. A species is only declared Extinct after exhaustive surveys of its known range, at the times and in the seasons it would be expected to appear, have failed to record it.
What is the scientific name of the Red-bellied Gracile Mouse Opossum?
The Red-bellied Gracile Mouse Opossum is Cryptonanus ignitus.
Other species in the genus Cryptonanus
Sources
Conservation status, range description and population estimate come from the IUCN Red List assessment for Cryptonanus ignitus. Countries are derived from that range description, not from a mapped country list. Last refreshed on .