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Didelphis aurita, in northern america called gambá
hre in Belém it was living in the roof of a garage, foto made by night when it was searching for food

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Ferdy Christant

Lion

hi Roland,

Would you happen to know the name of this species/animal?
Posted 11 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

Thanks for the extra info, RolandMH. I used to identify the species on the photo. The next time you can try to do this yourself, it is one of the most important and fun things to do in JungleDragon. Here's some more info:

http://www.jungledragon.com/about/identifyspecies

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http://www.jungledragon.com/forum/5/contests/212/jungledragon_wildlife_photo_contest_november_2013.html Posted 11 years ago

The Big-eared Opossum

The Big-eared Opossum is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.

This species, which was considered a population of the Common Opossum for some time, was originally described as ''D. azarae'' by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1824, but this name was incorrectly given to the White-eared Opossum for over 160 years. As such, the name ''azarae'' has been abandoned.

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Similar species: Opposums

Species identified by Ferdy Christant