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chucha - Zarigüeya orejiblanca - White-eared Opossum

Didelphis pernigra

Description:

possom of some sort algún tipo de zarigüeya

Habitat:

Cruce el Criollo, Pitalito, Huila, Colombia

1 Species ID Suggestions

zoomanallen
zoomanallen 11 years ago
Andean white-eared opossum
Didelphis pernigra Didelphis pernigra


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3 Comments

zoomanallen
zoomanallen 11 years ago

From what I have read the species of opossums in Columbia are the Black-eared, or common, and the Andean white-eared. So this would be the same as your other spotting, D. pernigra. Check out the range maps for the whole genus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didelphis.

alicelongmartin
alicelongmartin 11 years ago

A sweetheart of a Possum - look at that tail (2nd picture)

Ava T-B
Ava T-B 11 years ago

It might be this: White-eared Opossum
Didelphis albiventris
http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/104...

EntreAguas
Spotted by
EntreAguas

Huila, Colombia

Spotted on Jan 8, 2008
Submitted on May 8, 2012

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