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.
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