First confirmed record of the Guianan White-eared Opossum, Didelphis imperfecta Mondolfi & Pérez-Hernández, 1984 (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae), from Colombia [PDF]
We report the first confirmed occurrence of the Guianan White-eared Opposum Didelphis imperfecta Mondolfi & Pérez-Hernéndez, 1984 (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) from Colombia.
Tania Marisol González +3 more
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Thylamys pallidior (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) [PDF]
Abstract Thylamys pallidior (O. Thomas, 1902) is a didelphid marsupial commonly called the white-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum. A small mouse opossum, with tricolored pelage and a white venter, it has a seasonally incrassated tail, where fat deposits, primarily at the tail base, function in food storage.
Janet K. Braun +2 more
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Gracilinanus microtarsus (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) [PDF]
Gracilinanus microtarsus (J. A. Wagner, 1842), called the Brazilian gracile opossum, is a small didelphid that is 1 of 6 species in the genus Gracilinanus. It is a sexually dimorphic, solitary marsupial that has a highly seasonal reproductive pattern.
Pires, Mathias Mistretta +3 more
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Book review: Marsupiais do Brasil: Guia de identificação com base em caracteres morfológicos externos e cranianos, by Michel Faria Barros, Rayque de Oliveira Lanes, Cibele Rodrigues Bonvicino. Amélie Press, São Caetano do Sul. 2019. 84 pp.
Marcus Vinicius Brandão
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Parasites Diversity, Abundance, Prevalence, and Richness Infecting <i>Didelphis aurita</i> (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) in the Atlantic Rainforest, Brazil. [PDF]
Parasites are key players in ecosystems, influencing population sizes and food webs, yet the impact of environmental factors on their diversity is not well understood.
Chagas CRF +3 more
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Orbit orientation in didelphid marsupials (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) [PDF]
Usually considered a morphologically conservative group, didelphid marsupials present considerable variation in ecology and body size, some of which were shown to relate to morphological structures. Thus, changes on orbit morphology are likely and could be related to that variation.
Pilatti, Patricia, Astúa, Diego
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Atlantic mammal traits: a dataset of morphological traits of mammals in the atlantic forest of south America [PDF]
Measures of traits are the basis of functional biological diversity. Numerous works consider mean species-level measures of traits while ignoring individual variance within species.
Agostini, Ilaria +32 more
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In this work the infestation with I. luciae on Didelphimorphia and Rodentia in different environments of Peruvian Amazon was studied. Didelphimorphia was represented by the family Didelphidae.
María Mónica Díaz +2 more
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Expansion of CORE-SINEs in the genome of the Tasmanian devil [PDF]
Background: The genome of the carnivorous marsupial, the Tasmanian devil (Sarcophilus harrisii, Order: Dasyuromorphia), was sequenced in the hopes of finding a cure for or gaining a better understanding of the contagious devil facial tumor disease that ...
Hallström, Björn M. +4 more
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Marmosa constantiae(Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) [PDF]
Marmosa constantiae [O. Thomas, 1904][1], is a medium-sized didelphid commonly called the white-bellied woolly mouse opossum. It is a large, stocky mouse opossum with a relatively short snout and thick, woolly pelage, 1 of 6 members of the Marmosa subgenus Micoureus .
Paul Smith, Robert D. Owen
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