Black-shouldered opossum
Black-shouldered opossum | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Didelphimorphia |
Family: | Didelphidae |
Subfamily: | Caluromyinae |
Genus: | Caluromysiops Sanborn, 1951 |
Species: | C. irrupta
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Binomial name | |
Caluromysiops irrupta Sanborn, 1951
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Black-shouldered opossum range |
The black-shouldered opossum (Caluromysiops irrupta), also known as the white-eared opossum, is an
Taxonomy
The black-shouldered opossum is the sole member of Caluromysiops, and is placed in the family
The
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Description
The black-shouldered opossum is characterized by a gray coat, gray underbelly with buff-tipped hairs, and broad black stripes that extend from the forefeet, meet on the shoulders, run along the midline of the back and then split into parallel stripes that run down the hindfeet. Indistinct dark lines run through the eyes. 60 to 75 percent of the length of the tail is darker than the coat dorsally (on the back), while the rest is white. Except for the last 75 percent of the length at the base, the tail is bushy. Like
Ecology and behavior
The black-shouldered opossum's behavior is not well documented. It is
Distribution and status
The black-shouldered opossum occurs in humid forests of western
References
- ^ . Retrieved 9 December 2023.
- OCLC 62265494.
- ISBN 978-0-226-28242-8.
- S2CID 17393886.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-8018-8211-1.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-226-19542-1.
- ISBN 978-0-8014-1753-5.
External links
- Data related to Caluromysiops irrupta at Wikispecies