Didelphis aurita
– Lower Risk Least Concern
Taxonomy
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Kingdom:
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ANIMALIA
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Phylum:
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CHORDATA
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Class:
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MAMMALIA
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Order:
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DIDELPHIMORPHIA
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Family:
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DIDELPHIDAE
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Scientific Name:
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Didelphis aurita
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Species Authority:
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Wied-Neuwied, 1826
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Common Name/s:
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| English | — | BIG-EARED OPOSSUM, BRAZILIAN COMMON OPOSSUM |
| French | — | SARIGUE D´AZARA |
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Assessment Information
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Red List Category & Criteria:
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LR/lc ver 2.3 (1994)
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Year Assessed:
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1996
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Annotations:
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Needs updating
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Assessor/s:
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New World Marsupial Specialist Group
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Justification:
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Has a more restricted distribution but is still relatively common. Although hunted or trapped locally for food, sport and as predators of poultry, the species does not appear to have been adversely affected by human settlement (Novak 1999). Commercial hunting for the fur trade does not appear to have much impact.
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Geographic Range
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Range Description:
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Occurs in eastern Brazil, Paraguay and northeastern Argentina.
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Countries:
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Native:
Argentina; Brazil; Paraguay
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Habitat and Ecology
Bibliography
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Bibliography:
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New World Marsupial Specialist Group. For more information, see the Specialist Group website Nowak, R.M. (ed.) 1999. Walkers Mammals of the World. Sixth edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore and London.
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