Animalia > Chordata > Mammalia > Didelphimorphia > Didelphidae > Thylamys > Thylamys sponsorius

Thylamys sponsorius (Argentine Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys sponsorius) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is found in the eastern foothills of the Andes in northern Argentina and southern Bolivia. Its dorsal fur is gray brown to dark brown. Its ventral fur is gray-based except for the white to yellowish chest hairs. It is distinguished from Thylamys cinderella by its postorbital ridges. Thylamys cinderella has well-developed postorbital ridges in both juveniles and adults that extend laterally behind the eye sockets. Only adults of Thylamys sponsorius have fully developed postorbital ridges, and these do not extend laterally behind the eye sockets.
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EDGE Analysis

Uniqueness Scale: Similiar (0) 
5
 Unique (100)
Uniqueness & Vulnerability Scale: Similiar & Secure (0) 
28
 Unique & Vulnerable (100)
ED Score: 11.96
EDGE Score: 2.56

Attributes

Diet [1]  Carnivore (Invertebrates), Carnivore (Vertebrates)
Diet - Invertibrates [1]  80 %
Diet - Vertibrates [1]  20 %
Forages - Scansorial [1]  100 %
Nocturnal [1]  Yes

Range Map

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External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
1Hamish 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
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