WHITE-EARED OPOSSUM Didelphis albiventris
Smith P 2007 - FAUNA Paraguay Handbook of the Mammals of Paraguay Number 1 White-eared Opossum Didelphis albiventris
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Opossums are Marsupials. Their young are born in an undeveloped state and, still blind and naked, make their way to a teat in a pouch on the underside of the female where they complete their development. The White-eared Opossum is a large species and the most commonly-encountered member of its family. It is semi-arboreal, feeding in the tree-tops, but equally as happy on the ground. They are nocturnal, passing the day in a hollow tree.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPMAM5PH) Adult, hiding in mandarin tree, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith March 2007).
FIGURE 2 - (FPMAM6PH) Same individual (Paul Smith March 2007).
FIGURE 3 - (FPMAM7PH) Same individual head detail (Paul Smith March 2007).
FIGURE 4 - (FPMAM8PH) Juvenile, PN San Rafael (Teatske Nieuborg 2007).
FIGURE 5 - (FPMAM919PH) Juvenile, Hotel Tirol, Departamento Itapúa (Paul Smith October 2010).
FIGURE 6 - (FPMAM920PH) Same individual as (FPMAM919PH) dorsal surface (Paul Smith October 2010).
FIGURE 7 - (FPMAM921PH) Same individual as (FPMAM919PH) frontal (Paul Smith October 2010).
FIGURE 8 - (FPMAM922PH) Same individual as (FPMAM919PH) forefoot (Paul Smith October 2010).
FIGURE 9 - (FPMAM923PH) Same individual as (FPMAM919PH) hindfoot (Paul Smith October 2010).
FIGURE 10 - (FPMAM9PH) Footprint, Mbaracayú Biosphere Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Paul Smith October 2008).
VIDEO A - (FPMAM10VI) Same individual as (FPMAM5PH, FPMAM6PH, FPMAM7PH)  (Paul Smith March 2007).
VIDEO B - (FPMAM1081VI) Adult, PROCOSARA, PN San Rafael (Paul Smith August 2012).
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LINKS TO DOWNLOADABLE OPEN ACCESS REFERENCES USED IN THE PREPARATION OF THE FAUNA PARAGUAY HANDBOOK OF THE MAMMALS OF PARAGUAY SPECIES ACCOUNT FOR THIS SPECIES:

Alessio FM, Pontes ARM, da Silva VL 2005 - Feeding by Didelphis albiventris on Tree Gum in the Northeastern Atlantic Forest of Brazil - Mastozoologia Neotropical 12: p53-56.
Allen JA 1902 - A Preliminary Study of the South American Opossums of the Genus Didelphis - Bulletin AMNH 16: p249-279.
Cáceres NC 2002 - Food Habits and Seed Dispersal by the White-eared Opossum Didelphis albiventris in Southern Brazil - Studies on Neotropical Fauna and Environment 37: p97-104.
Cáceres NC, Monteiro Filho EL de A 1999 - Tamanho Corporal em Populacões Naturais de Didelphis (Mammalia: Marsupialia) do Sul do Brasil - Revista Brasileira de Biologia 57: p461-469.
Cáceres NC, Monteiro-Filho EL de A 2007 - Germination in Seed Species Ingested by Opossums: Implications for Seed Dispersal and Forest Conservation - Brazilian Archives of Biology and Technology 50: p921-928.
Gazarini J, Brito JEC, Bernardi IP 2008 - Predações Oportunísticas de Morcegos por Didelphis albiventris no Sul do Brasil - Chiroptera Neotropical 14: p408-411.
Lima SF, Obara AT 2004 - Levantamento de Animais Silvestres Atropelados na BR-277 às Margens do Parque Nacional do Iguaçu - Subsídios ao Programa Multidisciplinar de Proteção à Fauna - Accessed Online January 2009.
Myers P, Espinosa R, Parr CS, Jones T, Hammond GS, Dewey A 2006 - The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed December 2007.
Smith P 2007 - Defensive Behaviour of a Captured White-eared Opossum Didelphis albiventris: A Short Note - Bellbird 2
Teta P, de Tommaso DC 2009 - Un Registro Marginal para la Comadreja Overa Didelphis albiventris (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) en la Provincia de San Juan, Argentina - Notulas Faunisticas 2a Serie 27.