Check List 9(5): 1104-1107, doi: 10.15560/9.5.1104
Mammalia, Didelphimorphia, Didelphidae, Glironia venusta Thomas, 1912 and Chironectes minimus (Zimmermann, 1780): distribution extension for eastern Amazonia
expand article infoNatália Ardente, Donald Gettinger§, Raul Fonseca, Helena de Godoy Bergallo, Fernanda Martins-Hatano|
‡ Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil§ University of Nebraska-Lincoln, United States of America| Universidade Federal Rural da Amazônia, Brazil
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Abstract
We report a new record for the bushy-tailed opossum Glironia venusta Thomas, 1912 and the water opossum Chironectes minimus (Zimmermann, 1780) in the Floresta Nacional de Carajás, municipality of Parauapebas, state of Pará, Brazil (06°03’00” S, 50°15’00” W). This study represents the second record of Glironia venusta, but the first voucher specimen for eastern Brazilian Amazon. For Chironectes minimus, this record extends the range of the species 558 km southeastwards from the closest known locality in Pará.
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