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Derby's Woolly Opossum
Caluromys derbianus (Waterhouse, 1841)
Also calledChucha lanuda (spa) · Chucha lanuda dorada (spa) · Chucur rabo de chucha (spa) · Derby Wolhaaropossum (nld) · Derby-Wollbeutelratte (deu) · Derbywollbeutelratte (deu) · Equador-Opossum (deu) · Marteja (spa) · Micuré de oreja rosada | chucha rata | marta (spa) · Mittelamerikanische Wollbeutelratte (deu) · Opossum de Derby (fra) · Opossum laineux de Derby (fra) · Opossum lanoso dell'America centrale (ita) · Opossum lanoso di Derby (ita)
First described in: Jardine's Natur. Libr. vol.11 p.97
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
Corporaciones autónomas regionales donde tiene presencia la especie
Carder | Corponariño | Cortolima | CDA | Codechocó | Corpocaldas | CVC
Mamíferos de Colombia
Caluromys derbianus (Waterhouse 1841)
Caluromys derbianus (Waterhouse, 1841) Material examined. Costa Rica • Puntarenas Province, Karen Mogensen Wildlife Refuge ; 09°52'09"N, 085°03'30"W; 290 m alt.; 26.03.2021; direct observation . Identification. Medium-sized. Characterised by a grey and reddish-orange fur, pink ears, and by a half-white and half-furred tail. The body is slender, with a prehensile tail constituting 58–67 % of total length (Wainwright 2007; Astúa 2015). Uncommon in the Wildlife Refuge. Recorded in different habitat types.
Mammal diversity and tourism influence in an under-investigated region of Costa Rica
discussion
Remarks: All the skins and skulls were undetermined, and only the skulls were reported in the MACUT catalogue.
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 415; skin; unsexed ad.; Vinces, Ecuador, IX / 1897; Festa expedition; (voucher number 89); MZUT T 415 (MACUT 4683); partial skull; MZUT T 416; skin; female ad.; Vinces, Ecuador, IX / 1897; Festa expedition (voucher number 123); MZUT T 416 (MACUT 4736); partial skull; MZUT T 417; skin; female ad.; Vinces, Ecuador, IX / 1897; Festa expedition (voucher number 125); MZUT T 417 (MACUT 4680); skull; MZUT T 418; skin; unsexed juv.; Vinces, Ecuador, IX / 1897 Festa expedition (voucher number 1251); MZUT T 419; skin; unsexed juv.; Vinces, Ecuador, IX / 1897; Festa expedition (voucher number 1283); MZUT T 420; skin; unsexed juv.; Vinces, Ecuador, IX / 1897 Festa expedition (voucher number 1284); MZUT T 421; skin; unsexed juv.; Vinces, Ecuador, IX / 1897 Festa expedition (voucher number 1292); MZUT T 422; skin; female ad.; Vinces, Ecuador, IX / 1897; Festa expedition (voucher number 90); MZUT T 422 (MACUT 4677); skull; MZUT T 423; skin; female ad.; Vinces, Ecuador, IX / 1897 Festa expedition (voucher number 121); MZUT T 423 (MACUT 4675); skull; MZUT 424; skin; female ad.; Vinces, Ecuador, IX / 1897; Festa expedition (voucher number 122); MZUT T 424 (MACUT 4681); skull.
Revised catalogue of monotremes and marsupials in the historic mammal collection housed at Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali of Torino, Italy
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 2439992.