Argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum
| Argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum | |
|---|---|
| Conservation status | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Thylamys |
| Species: | T. sponsorius |
| Binomial name | |
| Thylamys sponsorius Thomas, 1921 | |
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| Argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum range | |
The Argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys sponsorius) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae.[2] It is found in the eastern foothills of the Andes in northern Argentina and southern Bolivia.[1] Its dorsal fur is gray brown to dark brown. Its ventral fur is gray-based except for the white to yellowish chest hairs. It is distinguished from Thylamys cinderella by its postorbital ridges. Thylamys cinderella has well-developed postorbital ridges in both juveniles and adults that extend laterally behind the eye sockets. Only adults of Thylamys sponsorius have fully developed postorbital ridges, and these do not extend laterally behind the eye sockets.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Diaz M. & Barquez, R. (2008). Thylamys sponsorius. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
- ↑ Gardner, A. L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D. E.; Reeder, D. M. Mammal Species of the World (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 18. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ↑ Gardner, Alfred L. (2008). Mammals of South America: Marsupials, xenarthrans, shrews, and bats. University of Chicago Press. p. 669. ISBN 0-226-28240-6.