Gastrointestinal helminths of opossums (Mammalia: Didelphidae) from Bolivia [PDF]
ParasitologyA total of 32 taxa of helminths were recovered from 52 individuals corresponding to 17 species of didelphiomorph marsupials collected across Bolivia.
F. Agustín Jiménez +4 more
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Anatomical characterisation of the kidneys of Didelphis aurita (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae)
Folia Morphologica, 2020 BACKGROUND: Didelphis aurita is a marsupial with wide distribution in the South American continent and highly adapted to urban centres. The objective of this study was to describe the measurements and skeletopy of the kidneys and renal vascularisation of
S. V. Peçanha +7 more
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Mammalogy Notes, 2021 La Chucha de Agua, Chironectes minimus, es quizás uno de los marsupiales más crípticos en el Neotrópico. A pesar de que cuenta con registros puntuales sobre su presencia a lo largo de su distribución, sus reportes son escasos en ecosistemas circundantes ...
Andrés Arias-Alzate +5 more
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Urban biodiversity: Cuterebriasis in free-ranging Robinson's mouse opossum (Marmosa robinsoni) in the suburbs of Barranquilla, Colombia [PDF]
International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 2023 The tropical dry forest is one of the world's most threatened ecosystems and is the habitat of the Robinson's Mouse Opossum (Marmosa robinsoni), a small marsupial within the Didelphidae family.
Henrique Guimarães Riva +7 more
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Evolution, divergence, and convergence in the mandibles of opossums (Didelphidae, Didelphimorphia). [PDF]
Curr Zool, 2023 Abstract Didelphid marsupials are considered a morphologically unspecialized group with a generalist diet that includes vertebrates, invertebrates, and plant matter. While cranium and scapula variation has already been examined within Didelphidae, variation in mandible shape, usually associated with diet or phylogeny in other mammalian ...
Silva-Neto FDC, Pavan SE, Astúa D.
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Genetics and Molecular Biology, 2008 The karyotypes of 23 specimens belonging to 16 species from nine genera of Brazilian marsupials (family Didelphidae) were studied. The animals were collected in eight localities of Cerrado or Atlantic Forest biomes in the states of Goiás, Tocantins ...
Núbia P. Pereira +5 more
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Helminth community structure of Didelphis marsupialis (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) in a transition area between the Brazilian Amazon and the Cerrado [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Parasitologia Veterinária, 2022 Although the common opossum, Didelphis marsupialis (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) is a species widely distributed in South America, knowledge about their helminth parasites and helminth community structure is scarce.
Leodil da Costa Freitas +6 more
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Mammalia, Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae, Chacodelphys formosa (Shamel, 1930): range extension [PDF]
Check List, 2007 None
Pablo Teta, Ulyses Pardiñas
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Biotemas, 2014 Gracilinanus microtarsus is a small marsupial species belonging to the Didelphidae family. It has an omnivorous/frugivorous feeding habit and, therefore, it has a great ecological importance, because it is a seed-dispersing species.
Luis Miguel Lobo +7 more
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Helminths of three species of opossums (Mammalia, Didelphidae) from Mexico
ZooKeys, 2015 From August 2011 to November 2013, 68 opossums (8 Didelphis sp., 40 Didelphis virginiana, 15 Didelphis marsupialis, and 5 Philander opossum) were collected in 18 localities from 12 Mexican states.
Karla Acosta-Virgen +3 more
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