White-eared opossum

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. albiventris
Binomial name
Didelphis albiventris
Lund, 1840
White-eared opossum range

The white-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris), known as the timbu and cassaco in northeast Brazil, saruê and sariguê in Bahia, micurê and mucura in northern Brazil[3] and comadreja overa in Argentina,[4] is an opossum species found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.[5] It is a terrestrial and, sometimes, arboreal animal, and a habitat generalist, living in a wide range of different habitats.[5]

For some time, this species was incorrectly known by the name D. azarae, correctly applied to the big-eared opossum. This led to azarae's discontinuation as a species name.[1] From 1993 until 2002, this species also included the Guianan white-eared opossum (D. imperfecta) and the Andean white-eared opossum (D. pernigra) as subspecies.[1]

It is the team mascot of Clube Náutico Capibaribe, a Brazilian football team from Recife, Pernambuco.[6]

  1. ^ a b c 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. ^ Costa, L.P.; Astúa, D.; Brito, D.; Soriano, P.; Lew, D. (2021). "Didelphis albiventris". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T40489A197310863. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T40489A197310863.en. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Timbu - Informative". Tibau du Sol. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  4. ^ "Comadreja overa, una especie protegida de la fauna provincial". Gobierno de la Provincia de Mendoza. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  5. ^ a b Eisenberg, John F.; Redford, Kent H. (2000). Mammals of the Neotropics: Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil.
  6. ^ "Simbolos | Clube Nautico Capibaribe". Archived from the original on 2014-08-14.

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