Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum: Where It Lives, Map & Facts

Where the Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum lives – recorded in 1 country, with quick facts from Wikidata and an introduction from Wikipedia.

Scientific name	Thylamys karimii
Group	Marsupials
Status	Vulnerable (Wikidata, IUCN category label)
Found in	1 country
Continents	South America
Class	Mammal
Order	Didelphimorphia
Family	Didelphidae

Where does the Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum live?

Open-licence (CC0 / CC BY) wild records published on GBIF place the Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum in 1 country or territory across South America. Wikidata gives its range as: Brazil.

Brazil

Countries with at least a handful of records (a minimum share of the species’ records, to leave out vagrants and escapes). Records with coordinates only; captive and fossil records excluded.

Is the Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum endangered?

The Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum’s conservation status recorded in Wikidata is “Vulnerable” (an IUCN Red List category label). Source: Wikidata.

What kind of animal is the Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum?

The Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys karimii) is a mammal in the order Didelphimorphia and the family Didelphidae, genus Thylamys. (Taxonomy from Wikidata.)

About the Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum

Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys karimii) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is endemic to central and northeast Brazil, where it is found in the cerrado and caatinga at elevations from 300 to 1100 m. This opossum is crepuscular and mostly terrestrial; its omnivorous diet includes leaves, insects and small vertebrates. 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. The species is named after Iranian epidemiologist Y. Karimi. It is threatened by habitat destruction and fragmentation due to agriculture and ranching.

Text in “About” is quoted from the Wikipedia article Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum (revision 1314763397), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: lead section excerpted verbatim, formatting removed. Quick facts, taxonomy and status: Wikidata Q194985 (CC0). Countries and pin: GBIF.org occurrence records (CC0 / CC BY 4.0).