Linnaeus's Mouse Opossum

description

Measurements (n = 54): HB = 98 – 155, T = 145 – 200, HF = 18 – 26, E = 20 – 28, W = 31 – 68.

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

distribution

Distribution. This species occurs in Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guianas and Brazil throughout humid forests of Amazonia and Atlantic Forest (Gardner 2007). Natural history. Fifty-four (41 males and 13 females) adult M. murina were captured, mainly on the ground in upland forests, as previously reported in the Juruá River basin (Patton et al. 2000). One female was captured with six pouch young in September 2009. All her young were dead and we observed cannibalism by the mother over the young. Two other females with rusty pouches were captured in August 2007 and September 2008, indicating reproductive activity during the dry season. Vouchers (n = 8: 5 ɗ 3 Ψ): UFES 1272 – 1279.

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

discussion

Remarks: Gustav Adolph Frank was a natural history dealer based in Amsterdam.

Revised catalogue of monotremes and marsupials in the historic mammal collection housed at Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali of Torino, Italy

materials_examined

MZUT T 426 (693); mount; male ad.; Suriname; 1845; purchased by G. A. Frank.

Revised catalogue of monotremes and marsupials in the historic mammal collection housed at Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali of Torino, Italy