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Micoureus paraguayanus (Tate's Woolly Mouse Opossum)

Synonyms: Marmosa paraguayana (homotypic)

Infraspecies

Micoureus paraguayanus paraguayanus
Micoureus paraguayanus travassosi

EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
6
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
29
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 13.49
EDGE Score: 2.67
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Attributes

Adult Weight [1]  1.191 lbs (540 g)
Female Weight [1]  1.08 lbs (490 g)
Male Weight [1]  1.303 lbs (591 g)
Weight Dimorphism [1]  20.6 %
Diet [2]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates), Frugivore, Nectarivore
Diet - Fruit [2]  20 %
Diet - Invertibrates [2]  30 %
Diet - Nectar [2]  20 %
Diet - Vertibrates [2]  30 %
Forages - Scansorial [2]  100 %
Female Maturity [1]  8 months 13 days
Male Maturity [1]  6 months 3 days
Gestation [1]  14 days
Litter Size [1]  8
Litters / Year [1]  2
Maximum Longevity [1]  3 years
Nocturnal [2]  Yes
Snout to Vent Length [1]  8 inches (21 cm)

Prey / Diet

Cecropia glazioui[3]

Prey / Diet Overlap

Competing SpeciesCommon Prey Count
Didelphis aurita (Big-eared Opossum)1
Lutreolina crassicaudata (Lutrine Opossum)1

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
♦ 3Frugivory 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
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