White-eared opossum[1] | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Class: | Mammalia |
Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Didelphimorphia |
Family: | Didelphidae |
Genus: | Didelphis |
Species: | D. albiventris
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Binomial name | |
Didelphis albiventris Lund, 1840
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White-eared opossum range |
The white-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris), known as the timbu and cassaco in northeast Brazil, saruê and sariguê in Bahia, micurê and mucura in northern Brazil[3] and comadreja overa in Argentina,[4] is an opossum species found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.[5] It is a terrestrial and, sometimes, arboreal animal, and a habitat generalist, living in a wide range of different habitats.[5]
For some time, this species was incorrectly known by the name D. azarae, correctly applied to the big-eared opossum. This led to azarae's discontinuation as a species name.[1] From 1993 until 2002, this species also included the Guianan white-eared opossum (D. imperfecta) and the Andean white-eared opossum (D. pernigra) as subspecies.[1]
It is the team mascot of Clube Náutico Capibaribe, a Brazilian football team from Recife, Pernambuco.[6]