LONG-TAILED FAT-TAILED OPOSSUM Thylamys macrurus 
Smith P 2009 - FAUNA Paraguay Handbook of the Mammals of Paraguay Number 31 Long-tailed Fat-tailed Opossum Thylamys macrurus
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Thylamys opposums are known as fat-tailed opossums on account of their ability to store fat in the base of their tails - some species being more prone to do so than others. This is the eastern Paraguayan species, typically associated with cerrado habitats.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPMAM312PH) Adult lateral, location unknown (Ulf Drechsel www.pybio.org).
FIGURE 2 - (FPMAM313PH) Same individual head detail (Ulf Drechsel www.pybio.org).
FIGURE 3 - (FPMAM314PH) Same individual head lateral (Ulf Drechsel www.pybio.org).
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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:

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Palma RE, Rivera-Milla E, Yates TL, Marquet PA, Meynard AP 2002 - Phylogenetic and Biogeographic Relationships of the Mouse Opossum Thylamys (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae) in Southern South America - Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 25: p245-253.
Tate GHH 1933 - A Systematic Revision of the Marsupial Genus Marmosa - Bulletin AMNH 66.
Torres SAS 2002 - Sistemática de Thylamys (Mammalia: Didelphimorphia: Marmosidae). Una de las Poblaciones Asignadas a Thylamys elegans en Peru - PhD thesis San Marcos (Peru): Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru.