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Monodelphis maraxina (Marajó Short-tailed Opossum)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Marajó short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis maraxina) is an opossum species from South America. It is endemic to Brazil, in the Amazon River delta region within Maranhão state.
View Wikipedia Record: Monodelphis maraxina

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
6
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Not determined do to incomplete vulnerability data.
ED Score: 12.94
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  95 grams
Female Weight [1]  90 grams
Male Weight [1]  100 grams
Weight Dimorphism [1]  11.1 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore, Granivore
Diet - Endothermic [2]  20 %
Diet - Fruit [2]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  20 %
Diet - Scavenger [2]  20 %
Diet - Seeds [2]  20 %
Forages - Ground [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  4 months 17 days
Male Maturity [1]  4 months 2 days
Gestation [1]  15 days
Litter Size [1]  9
Litters / Year [1]  4
Maximum Longevity [1]  6 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  6 inches (15 cm)

Ecoregions

Name Countries Ecozone Biome Species Report Climate Land
Use
Marajó varzea Brazil Neotropic Tropical and Subtropical Moist Broadleaf Forests

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Arquipélago do Marajó State Environmental Protection Area   Pará, Brazil      

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
Ecoregions provided by World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF). WildFinder: Online database of species distributions, ver. 01.06 Wildfinder Database
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