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Title
State of knowledge and distribution of the Andean white ear opossum (Didelphis pernigra, Allen 1900) in Colombia
Author(s)
Rubiano-Pérez, Juan Camilo;Gomez-Castañeda, Francisco Stiven;Lemus-Mejía, Leonardo;Vela-Vargas, I. Mauricio;González-Maya, José F.
Published
In Press
Publisher
Mammalia
Published Version DOI
https://doi.org/10.1515/mammalia-2023-0149
Pre-Publication DOI
DOI for Open Access preprint or postprint version of article
Available as Open Access After 04/10/2025
10.5281/zenodo.10989922
Abstract
The Andean white ear opossum (Didelphis pernigra, Allen 1900) is one of the three species of the genus Didelphis reported in Colombia. Here we present a systematic review of D. pernigra in Colombia, with a geographical and altitudinal distribution hypothesis from the country. We reported geographic records and scientific available information of D. pernigra in 40 studies, 55.26 % of the available literature corresponded to local and regional inventories; 23.68 % of other documents were studies about mammal assemblages, while 21.05 % were specific studies about the species and the genus Didelphis in Colombia. We classified literature according to the following subcategories: natural history, diet, inventories, threats, reproduction, uses and perceptions. Most of the literature corresponded to detection in inventories (55.26 %), followed by natural history information (21.05 %) and threats (7.89 %). Research about diet, uses, perception and reproduction, had the lowest proportion with 5.26 %. Regarding distribution, geographic records ranged between 1060 and 3740 m across the three Andean ranges of Colombia. In general, little is known about the ecology or natural history of the species, efforts should be focused on filling the information gaps about natural history, and surveys should fill the distribution gaps along the Western and Central ranges of Colombia.
Keywords
biodiversity; conservation; ecology; mammals; marsupials
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