Common Opossum

description

Measurements (n = 68): HB = 310 – 460, T = 330 – 450, HF = 52 – 65, E = 48 – 63, W = 525 – 2040.

Small mammals of the mid-Araguaia River in central Brazil, with the description of a new species of climbing rat

distribution

Distribution. Didelphis marsupialis is widely distributed throughout the Amazon basin and eastern Andean slopes, and its range is limited to the east and south by drier biomes, such as Caatinga, Cerrado and Chaco of Brazil and Bolivia (Gardner 2007). Natural history. This was one of the most abundant species in the area. Seventy-three individuals were captured (68 adults and five juveniles) in pitfalls (n = 6) and Sherman and Tomahawk traps on the ground (n = 65) and in the understory (n = 2). Despite the sympatry of D. marsupialis and D. albiventris in the area, they were almost always captured at different sampling points (Table 2). Twenty out of 31 females were carrying pouch young. Litter size varied from four to nine young and the breeding period was in the dry season during the months of August and September in both 2007 and 2008. Vouchers (n = 1: ɗ): UFES 1264.

Small mammals of the mid-Araguaia River in central Brazil, with the description of a new species of climbing rat

Corporaciones autónomas regionales donde tiene presencia la especie

Cormacarena | Carder | Carsucre | Corponariño | Cortolima | CDA | Codechocó | Corpoamazonía | Corpocaldas | CRQ | CVC | CVS

Mamíferos de Colombia

Hábitat

Bosques del cañon de la quebrada La Honda, bosques del cañon del río Lebrija y bosques secundarios en la cuenca del río Negro

Flora y fauna del municipio de Rionegro, Santander