Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum

Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys karimii) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae.[2] It is endemic to central and northeast Brazil, where it is found in the cerrado and caatinga at elevations from 300 to 1100 m.[1] This opossum is crepuscular and mostly terrestrial; its omnivorous diet includes leaves, insects and small vertebrates.[1] Its head-and-body length is about 95 millimeters, and its tail length is about 72 millimeters. It is very similar to T. pallidor. Its tail may be nonprehensile.[3] The species is named after Iranian epidemiologist Y. Karimi.[4] It is threatened by habitat destruction and fragmentation due to agriculture and ranching.[1]

Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Thylamys
Species:	T. karimii
Binomial name
Thylamys karimii Petter, 1968
Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum range

References

1. Carmignotto, A.P.; Costa, L.P.; Astua de Moraes, D. (2016). "Thylamys karimii". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. IUCN. 2016: e.T136653A22172758. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-2.RLTS.T136653A22172758.en. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
2. Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 17. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
3. Eisenberg, John Frederick; Redford, Kent Hubbard (1999). Mammals of the Neotropics: The Central Neotropics: Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia, Brazil. University of Chicago Press. pp. 624 (see p. 75). ISBN 978-0-226-19542-1.
4. Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2009-09-28). The Eponym Dictionary of Mammals. Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 219–20. ISBN 978-0-8018-9304-9. OCLC 270129903.