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White-eared Opossum




  Regnum Animalia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Mammal ia
  Ordo Didelphimorphia
  Familia Didelphidae
  Subfamilia Didelphinae
  Genus '' Didelphis ''
  Species '''''D albiventris'''''
  Binomial ''Didelphis albiventris''
  Binomial Authority Lund , 1840


The White-eared Opossum, ''Didelphis albiventris'', is an Opossum Species from South America . It is found in Argentina , Bolivia , Brazil , Guyana , Paraguay and Uruguay .

It is a Terrestrial and, sometimes, Arboreal animal, and a habitat generalist, living in a wide range of different habitats. It's an Omnivorous animal, feeding on invertebrates, small vertebrates, fruits and plants.


REFERENCES

  • John F. Eisenberg and Kent H. Redford, 2000. Mammals of Neotropics: Ecuador, Bolivia and Brazil.