First confirmed record of the Guianan White-eared Opossum, Didelphis imperfecta Mondolfi & Pérez-Hernández, 1984 (Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae), from Colombia

By

González, Tania Marisol
Moreno-Niño, Nathalia
Molina, Eduardo
Armenteras, Dolors

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2020-9-8

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

16

Series / Issue

Issue: 5

Pages

1119--1123

Subjects

gallery forest , Geographic distribution , Guiana Shield , mammalia , neotropical savannas , Vichada

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/16.5.1119

 

Abstract

We report the first confirmed occurrence of the Guianan White-eared Opposum Didelphis imperfecta Mondolfi & Pérez-Hernéndez, 1984 (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) from Colombia. The individual was captured in a tropical lowland rain forest in the easternmost portion of the Colombian Orinoco Llanos region. The species is endemic of the Guiana Shield and has the smallest distribution area among the species of the genus. Our record shows that the Orinoco river does not constitute a biogeographical barrier for the species. To date, only two species of the genus Didelphis Linnaeus, 1758 have been recorded in Colombia, our results increase the reported number of records for this genus.