Monodelphis americana (small mammal)

Mass: 36.0 g based on da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988 and Mares et al. 1986

Abundance: 0.81 to 4.65% (median 0.89%)

Latitudinal range: -24.3° to -23.7°

Habitats: tropical/subtropical dry broadleaf forest (2), tropical/subtropical moist broadleaf forest (1)

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Found in 3 samples

Brazil: Caucaia do Alto (pitfall traps), Caucaia do Alto (Sherman traps), Barra Grande

Size measurements:
♀ body mass19 gN = 1da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
body mass35 gN = 1Mares et al. 1986
body mass70 gN = 1Mares et al. 1986
♀ ear length13 mmN = 1da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
♀ head and body length92 mmN = 1da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
♀ hind foot length16 mmN = 1da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988
♀ tail length46 mmN = 1da Fonseca and Kierulff 1988

See also Monodelphis, Monodelphis adusta, Monodelphis brevicaudata, Monodelphis dimidiata, Monodelphis domestica, Monodelphis glirina, Monodelphis iheringi, Monodelphis kunsi, Monodelphis peruviana, Monodelphis scalops, Monodelphis sorex, Monodelphis sp.