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PYGMY SHORT-TAILED OPOSSUM Monodelphis kunsi
Smith P 2008 - FAUNA Paraguay Handbook of the Mammals of Paraguay Number 18 Pygmy Short-tailed Opossum Monodelphis kunsi
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The smallest and most shrew-like of all the short-tailed opossums is this species, an inhabit of arid and semi-arid areas in cerrado or chaco habitats. Due to its tiny size it is rarely-recorded. The individual pictured here and captured at Para La Tierra Biological station is only the third specimen for Paraguay.
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FIGURE 1 - (FPMAM1031PH) Adult lateral, Laguna Blanca, Departamento San Pedro (Helen Pheasey November 2011 - Para La Tierra)
FIGURE 2 - (FPMAM1032PH) Same individual lateral (Helen Pheasey November 2011 - Para La Tierra)
FIGURE 3 - (FPMAM1033PH) Same individual lateral (Helen Pheasey November 2011 - Para La Tierra)
FIGURE 4 - (FPMAM1034PH) Same individual dorsal (Helen Pheasey November 2011 - Para La Tierra)
FIGURE 5 - (FPMAM1035PH) Same individual dorsal (Helen Pheasey November 2011 - Para La Tierra)
FIGURE 6 - (FPMAM1036PH) Same individual ventral (Helen Pheasey November 2011 - Para La Tierra)
FIGURE 7 - (FPMAM1037PH) Same individual lateral head (Helen Pheasey November 2011 - Para La Tierra)
FIGURE 8 - (FPMAM1038PH) Same individual dorsal head (Helen Pheasey November 2011 - Para La Tierra)
FIGURE 9 - (FPMAM1039PH) Same individual forefoot upperside (Helen Pheasey November 2011 - Para La Tierra)
FIGURE 10 - (FPMAM1040PH) Same individual forefoot underside (Helen Pheasey November 2011 - Para La Tierra)
FIGURE 11 - (FPMAM1041PH) Same individual hind foot upperside (Helen Pheasey November 2011 - Para La Tierra)
FIGURE 12 - (FPMAM1042PH) Same individual hindfoot underside(Helen Pheasey November 2011 - Para La Tierra)
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PYGMY SHORT-TAILED OPOSSUM Monodelphis kunsi
DORSAL (FPMAM1061PH); VENTRAL (FPMAM1062PH); LATERAL (FPMAM1063PH)
Skulls courtesy of Helen Pheasey www.paralatierra.org
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