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'''Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum''' (''Caluromys philander''), also called the '''White-eared Opossum''' is an [[opossum]] [[species]] from [[South America]]. It is a species restricted only to moist forests. |
'''Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum''' (''Caluromys philander''), also called the '''White-eared Opossum''' is an [[opossum]] [[species]] from [[South America]]. It is a species restricted only to moist forests. |
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Just like any other member of the ''[[Caluromys]]'' [[genus]], the Bare-tailed Woolly opossum is a strongly [[arboreal]] species of [[marsupial]], differing from other [[Didelphidae]] opossums for having a comparatively large [[encephalization quotient]] and smaller litter size. It feeds on fruits, nectar, |
Just like any other member of the ''[[Caluromys]]'' [[genus]], the Bare-tailed Woolly opossum is a strongly [[arboreal]] species of [[marsupial]], differing from other [[Didelphidae]] opossums for having a comparatively large [[encephalization quotient]] and smaller litter size. It feeds on fruits, nectar, invertebrates and small vertebrates. |
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==References== |
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Bare-tailed Woolly Opossum (Caluromys philander), also called the White-eared Opossum is an opossum species from South America. It is a species restricted only to moist forests.
Just like any other member of the Caluromys genus, the Bare-tailed Woolly opossum is a strongly arboreal species of marsupial, differing from other Didelphidae opossums for having a comparatively large encephalization quotient and smaller litter size. It feeds on fruits, nectar, invertebrates and small vertebrates.
References
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- John F. Eisenberg and Kent H. Redford, 2000. Mammals of Neotropics: Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil.
- Gardner, A. (2005). Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M. (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 4. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.