White-eared opossum
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| Species: | D. albiventris
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| Didelphis albiventris Lund, 1840
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The White-eared Opossum (Didelphis albiventris) is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana, Paraguay, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay and Venezuela.[3]
It is a terrestrial and, sometimes, arboreal animal, and a habitat generalist, living in a wide range of different habitats. It's an omnivorous animal, feeding on invertebrates, small vertebrates, fruits and plants.[3]
For some time, this species was incorrectly known by the name D. azarae, correctly applied to the Big-eared Opossum. This led to azarae's discontinuation as a species name.[1]
From 1993 until 2002, this species also included the Guianan White-eared Opossum (D. imperfecta) and the Andean White-eared Opossum (D. pernigra) as subspecies.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 5. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Template:IUCN2008 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern
- ^ a b Eisenberg, John F., Redford, Kent H. (2000). Mammals of the Neotropics: Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil.
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