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Gracilinanus microtarsus (Brazilian Gracile Opossum)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Brazilian gracile opossum (Gracilinanus microtarsus) is a species of small opossum from Brazil.
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Infraspecies

Gracilinanus microtarsus guahybae
Gracilinanus microtarsus microtarsus

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
8
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
33
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 17.34
EDGE Score: 2.91
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  25 grams
Birth Weight [1]  9 grams
Female Weight [1]  20 grams
Male Weight [1]  30 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  50 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  30 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  50 %
Diet - Nectar [2]  20 %
Forages - Scansorial [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  1 year
Male Maturity [1]  1 year
Litter Size [3]  9
Litters / Year [1]  1
Maximum Longevity [1]  2 years
Snout to Vent Length [1]  4.331 inches (11 cm)

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Parque Estadual Intervales State Park II 100998 Brazil  

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay Yes

Predators

Cerdocyon thous (Crab-eating Fox)[3]
Strix hylophila (Rusty-barred Owl)[4]

Consumers

Parasitized by 
Pterygodermatites jagerskioldi[5]

Range Map

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External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Nathan P. Myhrvold, Elita Baldridge, Benjamin Chan, Dhileep Sivam, Daniel L. Freeman, and S. K. Morgan Ernest. 2015. An amniote life-history database to perform comparative analyses with birds, mammals, and reptiles. Ecology 96:3109
♦ 2Hamish Wilman, Jonathan Belmaker, Jennifer Simpson, Carolina de la Rosa, Marcelo M. Rivadeneira, and Walter Jetz. 2014. EltonTraits 1.0: Species-level foraging attributes of the world's birds and mammals. Ecology 95:2027
♦ 3Gracilinanus microtarsus (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae), MATHIAS M. PIRES, EDUARDO G. MARTINS, MARIA NAZARETH F. SILVA, AND SERGIO F. DOS REIS, MAMMALIAN SPECIES 42(851):33–40 (2010)
♦ 4Owl, R. B. First detailed dietary information for Rusty-barred Owl Strix hylophila. Cotinga 39 pp. 47-48
♦ 5Gibson, D. I., Bray, R. A., & Harris, E. A. (Compilers) (2005). Host-Parasite Database of the Natural History Museum, London
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
Biodiversity Hotspots provided by Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0