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Identification

Micoureus (woolly mouse opossums)

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Image of: Micoureus (woolly mouse opossums)
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Date Taken
November, 2002
Location

Angra dos Reis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Caption

woolly mouse opposum; former Micoureus demerarae. Recent molecular analyses revealed more than one species in eastern Brazil. See: Costa, L. P. 2003. The historical bridge between the Amazon and the Atlantic forest of Brazil: a study of molecular phylogeography with small mammals. J. Biogeography 30: 71-86.

Contributors

Pablo Gonçalves (photographer, copyright holder, identification), University of Michigan


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University of Michigan Museum of Zoology National Science Foundation Citation: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2006. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed October 08, 2008 at http://animaldiversity.org.
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