GREY SHORT-TAILED OPOSSUM Monodelphis domestica FAUNA PARAGUAY

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GREY SHORT-TAILED OPOSSUM Monodelphis domestica CLICK FOR HANDBOOK ACCOUNT
Shrew-like in appearance this is the most commonly-ecountered member of the primitive Monodelphids or Short-tailed Opossums. They are diurnal in behaviour and mainly terrestrial habits, though they sleep in hollowed-out tree trunks. They are voracious insect predators and are analagous to certain small mouse-like Dasyurid marsupials in Australia in their ecological niche.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPMAM29PH) Adult, Departamento Amambay (Philip Myers undated).
FIGURE 2 - (FPMAM438PH) Adult male specimen lateral view, Estancia Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Karina Atkinson July 2010)
FIGURE 3 - (FPMAM439PH) Same specimen dorsal view (Karina Atkinson July 2010).
FIGURE 4 - (FPMAM440PH) Adult male specimen ventral view (Karina Atkinson July 2010).
FIGURE 5 - (FPMAM441PH) Adult male specimen head lateral (Karina Atkinson July 2010).
FIGURE 6 - (FPMAM442PH) Adult male specimen forefoot (Karina Atkinson July 2010).
FIGURE 7 - (FPMAM443PH) Adult male specimen hind foot upperside (Karina Atkinson July 2010).
FIGURE 8 - (FPMAM444PH) Adult male specimen hind foot underside (Karina Atkinson July 2010).
FIGURE 9 - (FPMAM445PH) Adult male specimen tail (Karina Atkinson July 2010).
FIGURE 10 - (FPMAM27PH) Juvenile, Mbaracayú Forest Reserve, Departamento Canindeyú (Alberto Esquivel undated).
FIGURE 11 - (FPMAM28PH) Same individual (Alberto Esquivel undated).

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