CHACO FAT-TAILED OPOSSUM Thylamys pusillus
Smith P 2009 - FAUNA Paraguay Handbook of the Mammals of Paraguay Number 32 Chaco Fat-tailed Opossum Thylamys pusillus
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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 western Paraguayan species, typically associated with chaco habitats. It does not cross the Rio Paraguay.
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CHACO FAT-TAILED OPOSSUM Thylamys pusillus
DORSAL (FPMAM325PH); VENTRAL (FPMAM326PH); LATERAL (FPMAM327PH)
Skulls courtesy of Ulf Drechsel www.pybio.org
FIGURE 1 - (FPMAM419PH) Adult, PN Tte Enciso, Departamento Boquerón (Jon Hall August 2010).
FIGURE 2 - (FPMAM1060PH) Adult, Madrejón, Departamento Alto Paraguay (Jon Hall August 2010).
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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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Myers P, Espinosa R, Parr CS, Jones T, Hammond GS, Dewey A 2006 - The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed December 2007.
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.
