An additional record for the rare Black-Shouldered Opossum Caluromysiops irrupta Sanborn, 1951 (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) in Northwestern Brazil
Author(s) -
Ricardo Tadeu Santori,
Diego Astúa,
Marcio Roberto Martins
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
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Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.276
H-Index - 22
ISSN - 1809-127X
DOI - 10.15560/12.3.1890
Subject(s) - opossum , marsupial , amazon rainforest , geography , zoology , archaeology , ecology , biology
Caluromysiops irrupta Sanborn, 1951 is a poorly known didelphid marsupial species, currently known from nine localities in south-central and western Amazonia. Only two records of C. irrupta were known from Brazil. Here we report the third record, in Rondonia state, northwestern Brazil. The specimen was sighted in a well-preserved forest area, in the Parque Estadual Guajara Mirim, Guajara Mirim, Rondonia. Although this record does not represent a distribution extension, it represents an additional record for a very poorly known species.
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