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 at elevations from 300 to 1100 m.[1] This opossum is crepuscular and mostly terrestrial; its omnivorous diet includes leaves, insects and small vertebrates.[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] It is threatened by habitat destruction and fragmentation due to agriculture and ranching.[1]
| Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Thylamys |
| Species: | T. karimii
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| Binomial name | |
| Thylamys karimii Petter, 1968
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| Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum range | |
References
edit- ^ a b c d Carmignotto, A.P.; Costa, L.P.; Astúa, D. (2021). "Thylamys karimii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T136653A197308408. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T136653A197308408.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
- ^ Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
- ^ Eisenberg, John Frederick; Redford, Kent Hubbard (1999). Mammals of the Neotropics: The Central Neotropics: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil. University of Chicago Press. pp. 624 (see p. 75). ISBN 978-0-226-19542-1.
- ^ Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 219–20. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.
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