Is Didelphis aurita a marsupial?
Didelphis aurita is considered insectivorous-omnivorous marsupial and occasionally eats vertebrates and fruits depending on the availability and the season. Fossorial invertebrates such as Diplopoda, Opiliones, and Coleoptera are highly preyed upon.
What does a Didelphis aurita eat?
Didelphis aurita is considered insectivorous-omnivorous marsupial and occasionally eats vertebrates and fruits depending on the availability and the season. Fossorial invertebrates such as Diplopoda, Opiliones, and Coleoptera are highly preyed upon. They will eat the fossorial snake Cobra-cega (Liotyphlops beui).
Where does Didelphis aurita occur in Brazil?
Didelphis aurita occurs in Brazil, Paraguay, and Argentina (Ventura etal 2002). Didelphis aurita occurs from coastal Brazil from Bahia to Rio Grande do Sul, west to the lower Rio Paraguay. They typically occur up to 1000 meters in elevation (Emmons 1997).
Where are big eared opossums found in Latin America?
Big-eared opossums ( Didelphis aurita) are Neotropical marsupials found along the Atlantic coast of Brazil to northeastern Argentina and southeastern Paraguay. ( “InfoNatura: Birds, mammals and amphibians of Latin America”, 2003; Emmons, 1997)