BRAZILIAN COMMON OPOSSUM Didelphis aurita Wied-Neuwied, 1826 (LC)

MZUT T434 (338); mount; unsexed ad.; near Rio de Janeiro (Brazil); 1839; Antonio Caffer expedition;

MZUT T434 (MACUT 338); skeleton; MZUT T435 (MACUT 7736); skull; unsexed ad.; Brasil; 15/V/1919; donation by Alfonso Bovero.

Remarks: In the MZUT catalogue the specimen MZUT T434 was reported as Didelphis albiventris, but since it presents dark face and ears, it was redetermined as D. aurita . The MZUT T435 was undetermined. See also the skull measurements in Table 1.