Drawing on the latest research from around the world, Life of Marsupials explores this
unusual group of mammals covering the extraordinary diversity of forms around the world …

The remaining Atlantic Forest fragments are structurally isolated by a matrix of pastures,
plantations, or urban areas, and most remnants are small (< 100ha). Island biogeography …

This is the first installment of a revision of the didelphid marsupial genus Philander,
commonly known as gray four-eyed opossums. Although abundant and widespread in …

The food habits and seed dispersal promoted by the marsupial Didelphis albiventris
(Marsupialia: Didelphidae) were investigated in two forest fragments of Curitiba, southern …

Nutritional requirements of 12 species of Neotropical opossums (Didelphidae) were inferred
through a laboratory food preference experiment. Nutritional contents of experimental diets …

Here we describe the stomach contents of nine small mammal species (seven rodents and
two didelphid marsupials) co-occurring in an old-growth Atlantic forest area. For four …

Marsupials have been present in the Neotropical region of South America at least since the
Cretacecous-Cenozoic transition, between 70 and 60 Mya (Flynn and Wyss 1998). This …

Most living carnivorous marsupials lead a secretive and solitary existence. From tiny insect
eaters to the formidable Tasmanian Devil, Secret Lives of Carnivorous Marsupials offers rare …

Dietary analysis was performed to determine the variations in diet of some small neotropical
species of mammals collected in seasonal areas of the cerrado (a savannah-like grassland) …

The diets of sympatric species of opossums coexisting in small (< 10ha) Atlantic Forest
fragments were studied at Poço das Antas Biological Reserve, southeastern Brazil. Food …