Tie wool pouch rat
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| Caluromysiops | ||||||||||||
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| Caluromysiops irrupta | ||||||||||||
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The Binden- or porch wool opossum ( Caluromysiops irrupta ) is a mammal of the family of opossums (Didelphidae). It is one of the rarest and least explored species in their family.
features
The bandage wool bag rat owes its name to two black stripes that run from its forearms over the shoulders to the rear legs. The rest of the fur is gray in color and very soft and woolly. The tail is longer than the body, the last part of its underside is hairless, and it can be used as a pronging tail. Cotton bag rats reach a head body length of 25 to 33 centimeters and a tail length of 31 to 40 centimeters.
distribution and habitat
The habitat of the bandage wool rat are rainforests in eastern Peru and western Brazil . It is a nocturnal tree dweller who rarely gets to the ground. Their diet includes nectar and nuts, possibly small animals as well. Like most opossums, this species is likely to live solitary.
Systematics
The bandage wool pouch rat is the only species of the genus Caluromysiops within the opossum . The species and genus were described by the American zoologist Colin Campbell Sanborn in 1951 from southern Peru. The animals came from a collection by Celestino Kalinowski.
Danger
Although the cotton wool bag rat is very rare and its population is declining, it is listed by the IUCN as not endangered (“least concern”).
supporting documents
- ^ Colin Campbell Sanborn : Two new mammals from southern Peru. Fieldiana, 31 (44), 1951; Pp. 473-477. ( Digitized version ).
- ↑ Caluromysiops irrupta in the endangered Red List species the IUCN 2008 Posted by: B. Patterson, S. Solari, 2008. Accessed January 6 of 2009.
literature
- Ronald M. Nowak: Walker's Mammals of the World . Johns Hopkins University Press, 1999 ISBN 0-8018-5789-9
