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Brown Four-eyed Opossum
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| Metachirus nudicaudatus (É. Geoffroy, 1803) |
The Brown Four-eyed Opossum, Metachirus nudicaudatus, is a pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is found in different forested habitats of Central and South America.
It is a strongly nocturnal, terrestrial and omnivorous animal, feeding on fruits, small vertebrates and invertebrates.
The Brown Four-eyed Opossum builds nests made of leaves and twigs in tree branches or under rocks and logs. It is seasonally polyestrous and the litter size varies from one to nine.
References
- John F. Eisenberg and Kent H. Redford, 2000. Mammals of Neotropics: Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil.
- Animal Diversity Web
- Gardner, Alfred (November 16, 2005). in Wilson, D. E., and Reeder, D. M. (eds): Mammal Species of the World, 3rd edition, Johns Hopkins University Press, 12. ISBN 0-801-88221-4.
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