Gray slender opossum
| Gray slender opossum[1] | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Marmosops |
| Species: | M. incanus
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| Binomial name | |
| Marmosops incanus (Lund, 1841)
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| Gray slender opossum range | |
The gray slender opossum (Marmosops incanus), is an opossum species endemic to eastern Brazil. It is a semi-arboreal marsupial of the genus Marmosops. It is solitary and nocturnal, and its diet consists mainly of insects.
Distribution and habitat
The gray slender opossum is endemic to Brazil, occurring between Bahia and São Paulo. It is found in the tropical and humid Atlantic Forest and the dry Brazilian Highlands up to 1,300 metres above sea level.[2]
Behaviour and ecology
The gray slender opossum is solitary and nocturnal. It is scansorial, moving on average 67% on the ground, and has low mobility.[3]
It is considered to be insectivorous, with a diet consisting mainly of beetles and orthopterans (e.g., grasshoppers).[4]
References
- ^ Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 11. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ a b Brito, D.; Astúa, D.; Lew, D.; Soriano, P.; Emmons, L. (2021). "Marmosops incanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021 e.T12822A197313574. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T12822A197313574.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
- ^ Loretto, Diogo; Vieira, Marcus Vinícius (July 2008). "Use of space by the marsupial Marmosops incanus (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) in the Atlantic Forest, Brazil". Mammalian Biology. 73 (4): 255–261. doi:10.1016/j.mambio.2007.11.015. ISSN 1616-5047.
- ^ da Fonseca, G.; Kierulff, M. (1989). "Biology and Natural History of Brazilian Atlantic Forest Small Mammals". Bulletin of the Florida Museum of Natural History. 34 (3): 99–152. doi:10.58782/flmnh.cmkb5906.