White-bellied Woolly Mouse Opossum
Marmosa constantiae
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Didelphimorphia
- Family
- Didelphidae
The white-bellied woolly mouse opossum (Marmosa constantiae) is a small pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It was formerly assigned to the genus Micoureus, which was made a subgenus of Marmosa in 2009. The specific epithet was given in honour of Constance Sladen (née Anderson), wife of the naturalist Percy Sladen.
Les Souris-opossums (Marmosa) forment un genre de marsupiaux de la famille des Didelphidae. Ce sont des opossums ou sarigues. Ne pas confondre ce genre avec les souris marsupiales du genre Sminthopsis, ni avec les Souris-opossum des montagnes de nom scientifique Burramys parvus.
La marmosa lanuda de vientre pálido (Micoureus constantiae) es una especie de marsupial didelfimorfo de la familia Didelphidae. Se trata de un pequeño marsupial sin marsupio de costumbres arborícolas y nocturnas que habita selvas húmedas del este de Bolivia, Estado brasileño de Mato Grosso, NOA de Argentina. Se alimenta probablemente de insectos, frutos, pero puede comer también pequeños roedores, lagartijas, huevos de aves.
Distribution
More from the same family
Brown-eared Woolly Opossum
Caluromys lanatus
DidelphidaeBlack-shouldered Opossum
Caluromysiops irrupta
DidelphidaeWater Opossum
Chironectes minimus
DidelphidaeCommon Opossum
Didelphis marsupialis
DidelphidaeBushy-tailed Opossum
Glironia venusta
DidelphidaeLittle Water Opossum
Lutreolina crassicaudata
DidelphidaeWestern Amazonian Mouse Opossum
Marmosa macrotarsus
DidelphidaeLinnaeus's Mouse Opossum
Marmosa murina
Didelphidae