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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 ...
They have a variety of sizes, shapes, and fur patterns, and range in size from the 6 cm (2 in) (plus 9 cm (4 in) tail) Kalinowski's mouse opossum to the 55 cm (22 in) (plus 54 cm (21 in) tail) Virginia opossum. Didelphimorphs are primarily found in forests, as well as savannas, shrublands, and grasslands.
Pygmy possum, five living species of small marsupial in the family Burramyidae, from Australia and New Guinea Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Pygmy opossum .
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 .
Here, a woman shows off the minuscule form of a baby pygmy possum she just rescued from a public bathroom in South Australia. The wee thing is barely the size of her thumbnail.
The Didelphinae are a subfamily of opossums consisting of 15 genera and 123 species. [2] [3] [4] Specimens have been collected throughout the Americas, but are predominant in South and Central America.
The opossum lifespan is unusually short for a mammal of its size, usually only one to two years in the wild and as long as four or more years in captivity. Senescence is rapid. [ 37 ] Opossums are moderately sexually dimorphic with males usually being larger, heavier, and having larger canines than females. [ 36 ]
Marmosa Robinson's mouse opossum (Marmosa robinsoni) Scientific classification Domain: Eukaryota Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Infraclass: Marsupialia Order: Didelphimorphia Family: Didelphidae Subfamily: Didelphinae Tribe: Marmosini Genus: Marmosa J. E. Gray, 1821 Type species Didelphis marina J. E. Gray, 1821 Subgenera Eomarmosa Exulomarmosa Marmosa Micoureus ...