White-eared Opossum
Didelphis albiventris
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,764
- Most observed in
- 🇧🇷 Brazil
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The white-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris), known as the timbu and cassaco in northeast Brazil, saruê and sariguê in Bahia, micurê and mucura in northern Brazil and comadreja overa and zarigüeya in Argentina, is an opossum species found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It is a terrestrial and, sometimes, arboreal animal, and a habitat generalist, living in a wide range of different habitats. For some time, this species was incorrectly known by the name D.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “White-eared opossum”.