Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum

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Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Order:
Didelphimorphia
Family:
Didelphidae
Genus:
Thylamys
Species:
T. karimii
Binomial name
Thylamys karimii
Petter, 1968
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Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum range

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Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys karimii) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae.[2] It is endemic to central and northeast Brazil, where it is found in the cerrado and caatinga.[1] Its head-and-body length is about 95 millimeters, and its tail length is about 72 millimeters. It is very similar to T. pallidor. Its tail may be nonprehensile.[3] The species is named after Iranian epidemiologist Y. Karimi.[4]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Pires Costa, A. & Patterson, B. (2008). Thylamys karimii. In: IUCN 2008. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
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