Anderson's Four-eyed Opossum
Philander andersoni (Osgood, 1913)
Also calledAndersons Vieraugenbeutelratte (deu) · Chucha negra de Anderson | chucha (spa) · Opossum de I'Orénoque (fra) · Opossum noir (fra) · cuíca-de-quatro-olhos (por)
First described in: Field Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., Zool Ser. vol.10 p.95
Descriptions from checklists and floras indexed by GBIF
distribution
Distribution: S Venezuela, E Colombia, Ecuador, and Andean foothills of Perú.
Order Didelphimorphia
distribution
DISTRIBUTION: S Venezuela, W Brazil, E Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru.
Order Didelphimorphia
activity
Activity patterns. There is no specific information available for this species, but Anderson’s Four-eyed Opossum is reported to be nocturnal.
Didelphidae
biology_ecology
Movements, Home range and Social organization. There is no specific information available for this species, but all specimens of Anderson’s Four-eyed Opossum from Peru were captured in traps set on the ground.
Didelphidae
Where it has been recorded
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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From the GBIF Backbone Taxonomy and occurrence records (GBIF.org), with Wikipedia and the Source Library. GBIF species 5219948.