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Campo Grande - MS
2012
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DIVERSIDADE MORFOLGICA
E TAXONMICA DE MARSUPIAIS
DIDELFDEOS, COM NFASE NAS
ESPCIES BRASILEIRAS
Rogrio V. Rossi*
Ana P. Carmignotto**
Marcus V. Brando **
Cleuton L. Miranda ***
Jorge J. Cherem ****

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Didelphimorphia, Microbiotheria, and Paucituberculata. The family Didelphidae, which is
part of Didelphimorphia, represents the most speciose taxon of living Neotropical marsupials.
Only this family is represented in Brazil, by 15 genera and 56 species. Their taxonomy is very
old, beginning with Linnaeus, increasing in advance in the 19thDQGth centuries when most
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*
Instituto de Biocincias, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso, Av. Fernando Corra da Costa,
2367, Bairro Boa Esperana. Cuiab, MT, 78060-900, Brasil.
Autor correspondente: rogerrossi@gmail.com
**
Departamento de Biologia, Universidade Federal de So Carlos - Campus Sorocaba, Rodovia Joo
Leme dos Santos (SP-264), km 110 - Bairro Itinga. Sorocaba, SP, 18052-780, Brasil.
***
Coordenao de Zoologia, Museu Paraense Emlio Goeldi, Av. Perimetral, 1901, Bairro Terra
Firme, Belm, PA, 66077-530, Brasil.
****
CAIPORA Cooperativa para Conservao da Natureza. Av. Des. Vitor Lima, 260/513, Bairro
Carvoeira, Florianpolis, SC, 88040-400, Brasil.

DIVERSIDADE MORFOLGICA E TAXONMICA DE MARSUPIAIS DIDELFDEOS 23 BIOLOGIA