brown four-eyed opossum
Metachirus myosuros
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Didelphimorphia
- Family
- Didelphidae
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The brown four-eyed opossum (Metachirus nudicaudatus) is a pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is found in different forested habitats of Central and South America, from Nicaragua to Brazil and northern Argentina, including southeastern Colombia, Paraguay and eastern Peru and Bolivia, at elevations from sea level to 1,500 m (4,900 ft). It is the only recognized species in the genus Metachirus, but molecular phylogenetics studies suggest that it should probably be split into several species.
El tlacuache cuatro ojos (nahuatlismo de tlacuatzin), yupatí, filandro pardo o comadreja de anteojos (Metachirus nudicaudatus) es una especie de marsupial de la familia Didelphidae, y junto con la recientemente descubrierta Metachirus aritanai, juntos integran género Metachirus. Distribución y hábitat El yupatí habita tierras bajas de bosque denso o matorral desde Nicaragua hasta Paraguay y el norte de Argentina. Características El pelo es corto y suave, región dorsal de color café uniforme y tenue, hasta llegar al color canela sobre los costados y debajo de las orejas; la…
Distribution
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