Monodelphis brevicaudata ...
34. Guyanan Short-tailed Opossum Monodelphis brevicaudata French: Opossum a pattes rouges / German: Guiana-Spitzmausbeutelratte / Spanish: Colicorto de Guyana Other common names: Northern Red-sided Opossum, Red-legged Short-tailed Opossum Taxonomy. Didelphis brevicaudata Erxleben, 1777, “in Americae...
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| Summary: | 34. Guyanan Short-tailed Opossum Monodelphis brevicaudata French: Opossum a pattes rouges / German: Guiana-Spitzmausbeutelratte / Spanish: Colicorto de Guyana Other common names: Northern Red-sided Opossum, Red-legged Short-tailed Opossum Taxonomy. Didelphis brevicaudata Erxleben, 1777, “in Americae australis silvis.” Restricted by P. Matschie in 1916 to “Suriname” and by R. S. Voss, D. P. Lunde, and N. B. Simmons in 2001 to “Kartabo, Cuyuni-Mazaruni District, Guyana.” This species is monotypic. Distribution. SE Venezuela (S of the Orinoco River), N Guyana, and NW Brazil (N of the Rio Negro and W of the Rio Branco). Descriptive notes. Head-body 14:3-17 cm (males) and 12:8-16.1 cm (females), tail 6.4-9.7 cm (males) and 7.1-8.7 cm (females); weight 70-127 g (males) and 50-81 g (females). Mid-dorsal fur of the Guyanan Short-tailed Opossum is usually brownish or grayish, sometimes appearing slightly grizzled. There is some variation in pelage color throughout its distribution. Some individuals have reddish-brown ... : Published as part of Astúa, D., 2015, Didelphidae, pp. 129-186 in Handbook of the Mammals of the World – Volume 5 Monotremes and Marsupials, Barcelona :Lynx Edicions on page 149, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.6685333 ... |
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