Lestodelphys halli

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Interesting Facts

Common Names

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Description

Habitat

Ecology: Inhabits treeless, grassland (pampas) areas. The diet probably consists of mice, small birds, and, where present, insects and fruit. Anatomical features of this opossum, such as the skull, suggest that it is more carnivorous than its relatives. One specimen was caught in a trap with a bird in its mouth .[1].

List of Habitats :

•     3     Shrubland   
  
•     3.4     Shrubland - Temperate   
  
•     4     Grassland   
  
•     4.4     Grassland - Temperate   
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Taxonomy

Notes

Name Status: Accepted Name .

Last scrutiny: 28-Nov-2006

Similar Species

Members of the genus Lestodelphys

ZipcodeZoo has pages for 1 species and subspecies in this genus:

L. halli (Patagonian Opossum)

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Further Reading

• Atlas of New World marsupials / Barbara E. Brown. 102 2004 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 2004. url fig. 25 , fig. 22 , p. 158, p. 189, p. 198, p. 199, p. 201, p. 203, p. 213, p. 214, p. 240, p. 242, p. 247, p. 255, p. 258, p. 261, p. 291, p. 303, p. 50, p. 53, p. iii, p. v.
• Composition of the family Didelphidae Gray, 1821 (Didelphoidea:Marsupialia), with a review of the morphology and behavior of the included four-eyed pouched opossums of the genus Philander Tiedemann, 1 Philip Hershkovitz. 86 1997 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, c1997. url table 1 , p. 13.
• The South American gracile mouse opossums, genus Gracilinanus Gardner and Creighton, 1989 (Marmosidae, Marsupialia): a taxonomic review with notes on general morphology and relationships / Philip Hershkovitz. 70 1992 [Chicago, Ill.]: Field Museum of Natural History, c1992. url fig. 8 , fig. 11 , p. 20, p. 23, p. 25, p. 3, p. 48.
• The families and genera of Marsupialia / Larry G. Marshall --. Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 1981. url p. 46.

Notes

Contributors

• Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
• Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
• Costa, L., Astua de Moraes, D., Brito, D., Soriano, P., Lew, D. & Delgado, C 2008. Lestodelphys halli. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloadedon 01February2012.
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed March 05, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
• IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. . Downloaded on January 28, 2012.
• New World Marsupial Specialist Group 1996. Lestodelphys halli. In: IUCN 2006. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. www.iucnredlist.org . Downloaded on 20 October 2006.
• Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.

Data Sources

Accessed through GBIF Data Portal March 05, 2008:

• Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
• Museum of Vertebrate Zoology: Terrestrial vertebrate specimens
• University of Minnesota Bell Museum of Natural History: Mammal specimens

Identifiers

• Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 107326
• Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-552543
• Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 552543
• IUCN ID: 219241
• Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 6764

Footnotes

1. Costa, L., Astua de Moraes, D., Brito, D., Soriano, P., Lew, D. & Delgado, C 2008. Lestodelphys halli. In: IUCN 2011. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2011.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 01 February 2012. [back]

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