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Lutreolina crassicaudata (Lutrine Opossum)

Synonyms: Didelphis crassicaudata (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The lutrine opossum ("lutrine" means "otter-like" and "crass" meaning "thick, fat" and "cauda" meaning "tail") is a very peculiar opossum, having a long weasel-like body, short legs small rounded ears, and dense reddish or yellowish fur. Nocturnal and crepuscular, they generally live in grasslands and savannas near water. They are terrestrial but are excellent swimmers and climbers. Genetic and morphological studies indicate that there is a second species, Lutreolina massoia.
View Wikipedia Record: Lutreolina crassicaudata

Infraspecies

Lutreolina crassicaudata crassicaudata
Lutreolina crassicaudata turneri

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
11
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
37
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 22.35
EDGE Score: 3.15
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.27 lbs (576 g)
Female Weight [1]  1.08 lbs (490 g)
Male Weight [1]  1.459 lbs (662 g)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  35.1 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Piscivore
Diet - Ectothermic [2]  20 %
Diet - Endothermic [2]  40 %
Diet - Fish [2]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  20 %
Forages - Scansorial [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  6 months 3 days
Male Maturity [1]  6 months 3 days
Gestation [3]  14 days
Litter Size [3]  8
Litters / Year [3]  2
Maximum Longevity [3]  3 years
Nocturnal [4]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  13 inches (32 cm)
Habitat Substrate [4]  Arboreal

Ecoregions

Protected Areas

Biodiversity Hotspots

Name Location Endemic Species Website
Atlantic Forest Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay No
Cerrado Brazil No
Tropical Andes Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Venezuela No

Prey / Diet

Cecropia glazioui[5]
Cecropia glaziovii[6]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Predators

Rupornis magnirostris (Roadside Hawk)[7]

Consumers

Range Map

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
♦ 3de Magalhaes, J. P., and Costa, J. (2009) A database of vertebrate longevity records and their relation to other life-history traits. Journal of Evolutionary Biology 22(8):1770-1774
♦ 4Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed February 01, 2010 at animaldiversity.org
♦ 5Frugivory by the black-eared opossum Didelphis aurita in the Atlantic Forest of southern Brazil: Roles of sex, season and sympatric species, Nilton C. Cáceres, Lucineia Z. Prates, Ivo R. Ghizoni-Jr, Maurício E. Graipel, Biotemas, 22 (3): 203-211, setembro de 2009
♦ 6Diet of two marsupials, Lutreolina crassicaudata and Micoureus demerarae, in a coastal Atlantic Forest island of Brazil, N.C. CÁCERES, I.R. GHIZONI-JR and M.E. GRAIPEL, Mammalia, t. 66, no 3, 2002 : 331-340.
♦ 7del Hoyo, J., Elliott, A., Sargatal, J., Christie, D.A. & de Juana, E. (eds.). Handbook of the Birds of the World Alive. Lynx Edicions, Barcelona.
♦ 8International Flea Database
♦ 9Gibson, 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