Big-eared opossum
| Big-eared opossum[1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Subfamily: | Didelphinae |
| Genus: | Didelphis |
| Species: | D. aurita |
| Binomial name | |
| Didelphis aurita Wied-Neuwied, 1826 | |
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| Big-eared opossum range | |
The big-eared opossum (Didelphis aurita) also known as a saruê[3][4] is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.[1]
This species, which was considered a population of the common opossum (D. marsupialis) for some time, was originally described as D. azarae by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1824, but this name was incorrectly given to the white-eared opossum (D. albiventris) for over 160 years. As such, the name azarae has been abandoned.[1]
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Wikispecies has information related to: Big-eared Opossum |
- 1 2 3 Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. 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.
- ↑ Astua de Moraes, D.; de la Sancha, N. & Costa, L. (2011). "Didelphis aurita". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 18 January 2012.
- ↑ Jane Elizabeth Kraus: FAUNA E FLORA NO CAMPUS: da Cidade Universitária Armando de Salles Oliveira, EDUSP - Editora da Universidade de São Paulo 2005, ISBN 978-85-314-0879-3, p. 124
- ↑ Tania Kobler Brazil: Catálogo da fauna terrestre de importância médica na Bahia SciELO - EDUFBA, 2010. ISBN 978-85-232-0729-8, p. 191
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