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The gray short-tailed opossum is found generally south of the Amazon River, in southern, central, and western Brazil. It is also found in eastern Bolivia, northern Paraguay, and in Formosa Province in northern Argentina. [2] It inhabits rainforest environments, scrubland, and agricultural land, and often enters man-made structures, such as ...
Short-tailed opossums have been found to use nuzzling in chemosensory and exploratory behavior for recognizing individuals of the same species. In Monodelphis domestica, nuzzling and snout-rubbing transforms odor from dry components like glandular secretions, feces, and urine, into moist naso-oral secretions that reach the vomeronasal organ to be processed chemically.
Gray short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica LC Gray short-tailed opossum; Emilia's short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis emiliae LC Brown-throated sloth; Ihering's three-striped opossum, Monodelphis iheringi DD; Pygmy short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis kunsi LC; Marajó short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis maraxina DD; Chestnut-striped opossum ...
The Saci short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis saci), also known as the gnome opossum, is a species of opossum endemic to the rainforests of Brazil. [1] [2] Characteristics
The Brazilian gracile opossum is found only in Brazil, being endemic to the south-eastern parts of the country, from Espírito Santo to Rio Grande do Sul. [4] It inhabits rainforests and partly deciduous forests scattered in the southern regions of the cerrado ecoregion, but, being able to forage successfully on the ground, is less affected by fragmentation of forest habitats than more purely ...
Monodelphis pinocchio, also known as the long-nosed short-tailed opossum (not to be mistaken with Monodelphis scalops) is a species of mammal in the family Didelphidae. It is endemic to southeastern Brazil. [1]
The long-nosed short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis scalops) is an opossum species in Argentina and Brazil. References This page was last edited ...
The northern red-sided opossum or the Guianan short-tailed opossum, [3] Monodelphis brevicaudata, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Bolivia , Brazil . French Guiana , Guyana , Suriname and Venezuela .