Guianan white-eared opossum

The Guianan white-eared opossum (Didelphis imperfecta) is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Brazil, Suriname, French Guiana and Venezuela.[1]

Guianan white-eared opossum[1]
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Infraclass: Marsupialia
Order: Didelphimorphia
Family: Didelphidae
Genus: Didelphis
Species:
D. imperfecta
Binomial name
Didelphis imperfecta
Mondolfi and Pérez-Hernández, 1984
Guianan white-eared opossum range

Possessing the smallest distribution area of its genus, this species is endemic to the Guiana Shield and can inhabit elevations ranging from 80 to 2,250 meters above sea level in the region's lowland forests.[3]

This species, together with the Andean white-eared opossum (D. pernigra), was separated from the white-eared opossum (D. albiventris) in 2002, having been included with that species in 1993.[1]

References
  1. 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.
  2. Pérez-Hernandez, R.; López Fuster, M.; Ventura, J.; Lew, D. (2016). "Didelphis imperfecta". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2016: e.T136592A22176554. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T136592A22176554.en. Retrieved 11 November 2021.
  3. González, Tania Marisol; Moreno-Niño, Nathalia; Molina, Eduardo; Armenteras, Dolors (2020-08-09). "First confirmed record of the Guianan White-eared Opossum, Didelphis imperfecta Mondolfi & Pérez-Hernández, 1984 (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae), from Colombia". Check List. 16 (5): 1119–1123. doi:10.15560/16.5.1119. ISSN 1809-127X. S2CID 225290736.
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