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The Chacoan pygmy opossum is the smallest known species of didelphid.It has a head-body length of 68 mm, a tail of 55 mm and a hind foot of 11. It differs from the other "marmosine" genera (Marmosa, Monodelphis, Thylamys, Tlacuatzin, Gracilinanus, Marmosops, Lestodelphys) in having a long third manual digit, no distinctly tricolored pelage, a long fourth pedal digit, and a tail shorter than ...
Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana). Didelphimorphia is an order of marsupial mammals.Members of this order are called didelphimorphs, or opossums.They are primarily found in South America, though some are found in Central America and Mexico and one, the Virginia opossum, ranges into the United States and Canada.
Chacoan pygmy opossum (Chacodelphys formosa) Genus Cryptonanus. Agricola's gracile opossum (Cryptonanus agricolai) Chacoan gracile opossum (Cryptonanus chacoensis) Guahiba gracile opossum (Cryptonanus guahybae) †Red-bellied gracile opossum (Cryptonanus ignitus) Unduavi gracile opossum (Cryptonanus unduaviensis) Genus Gracilinanus
The chacoan gracile opossum (Cryptonanus chacoensis) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. [3] It is native to Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay. Its habitat is seasonally flooded grasslands and forests [2] in and near the Gran Chaco.
Pygmy opossum may refer to: Chacoan pygmy opossum ( Chacodelphys formosa ) from South America Pygmy short-tailed opossum ( Monodelphis kunsi ) from South America
The common fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys pusillus) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It occurs in Argentina, Bolivia, and Paraguay in chaco and Andean foothill habitats. [2] Its head-and-body length is about 75 to 120 (mean 94.3) mm, and its tail length is about 90 to 134 (mean 103.6) mm.
The white-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris), known as the timbu and cassaco in northeast Brazil, saruê and sariguê in Bahia, micurê and mucura in northern Brazil [4] and comadreja overa in Argentina, [5] is an opossum species found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. [6]
Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys karimii) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. [2] It is endemic to central and northeast Brazil , where it is found in the cerrado and caatinga at elevations from 300 to 1100 m. [ 1 ]