Belize Biodiversity Information System NAME - Gray four-eyed opossum FAMILY - Didelphidae SCIENTIFIC NAME - Philander opossum pallidus REFERENCES - 1, 2 and 3 National abundance, Conservation or Economic Status Reference Rare: low density, unlikely to be seen, few localities 9 Common: high density, likely to be seen in many places 4 District Reference Belize 2 Cayo 2 Corozal 2 Orange Walk 2 Stann Creek 2 Toledo 2 Administrative Unit Occurrence Temporal Reference Town or Village, see comments. Collected as voucher 20 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve Collected as voucher February 20 Burdon Canal Nature Reserve Sighting Dry season 16 Columbia River Forest Reserve Sighting Dry season 14 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve Sighting Dry season 13 Mussel Creek Drainage (Proposed) Dry season 12 Chiquibul Forest Reserve 11 Mountain Pine Ridge Forest Reserve 10 Shipstern Nature Reserve 9 Rio Bravo Conservation Area 8 Columbia River Forest Reserve 7 Columbia River Forest Reserve 6 Cockscomb Basin Wildlife Sanctuary 5 Caracol Archaeological Reserve Sighting Dry season 15 Gallon Jug Sighting 17 Tapir Mtn. Nature Reserve Photographed Wet season 18 Shipstern Nature Reserve Photographed Dry season 19 Gallon Jug Collected as voucher February 21 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher March 21 Government land Collected as voucher September 20 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher November 20 Private land, see comments Collected as voucher September 20 Altun Ha Archaeological Reserve Collected as voucher February 20 Hydrologic Association Reference Roaring Creek 18 Belize River 16 Cox's Lagoon 12 Macal River 13 Raspaculo River 11 1:50,000 Quadrangle Reference 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 20 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 20 17 15' to 17 30'; 88 00' to 88 10' 16 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 00' to 88 15' 16 16 15' to 16 30'; 89 00' to 89 15' 14 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 10' to 88 30' 12 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 15 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 45' to 89 00' 13 16 45' to 17 00'; 89 00' to 89 15' 11 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 9 17 30' to 17 45'; 88 30' to 88 45' 8 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 5 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 17 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 18 18 15' to 18 30'; 88 00' to 88 15' 19 17 30' to 17 45'; 89 00' to 89 15' 21 16 45' to 17 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 21 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 20 17 00' to 17 15'; 88 45' to 89 00' 20 17 00' to 17 15'; 89 00' to 89 15' 20 17 45' to 18 00'; 88 15' to 88 30' 20 Holdridge Life Zone Reference Subtropical moist 20 Subtropical moist 22 Subtropical moist 20 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 21 Subtropical moist 21 Subtropical moist 19 Tropical moist-transition to Subtropical 18 General Distribution Comments 20* ROM Rockstone Pond; 0.5 mi E. of San Diego; Rancho St. Martin 8mi. from Georgeville; Central Farm. 21* LSU 4mi. E. of Pomona 18* NE portion TMNR 13* Francelia Camp References 1 McCarthy, T. J. 1993. Checklist: Mammals of Belize. BAS Newsletter 25 (2-3). 2 Hall, E. R. 1981. Mammals of North America. Second ed. John Wiley & Sons. New York. 1:8-9 3 Wilson, D. E., D. M. Reeder. 1993. Mammal Species of the World, a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Second ed. Smithsonian Inst. p.22 4 Emmons, L. H. 1990. Neotropical Rainforest Mammals, a field guide. University of Chicago Press. Chicago and London. p.17 5 Rabinowitz, A.; B. G. Nottingham, Jr. 1989. Mammal species richness and relative abundance of small mammals in a subtropical wet forest of Central America. Mammalia V. 53, No. 2, pp.217-226 6 Meyer, J. R. 1993. The University College of Belize Biological Expedition to the Columbia Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize. pp.1-9 7 Parker, T. A. III, B. K. Holst, L. H. Emmons, J. R. Meyer. 1993. A Biological Assessment of the Columbia River Forest Reserve, Toledo District, Belize. pp.23-25, p. 80 8 Jacobson, S. 1990. Wildlife Inventory of the Rio Bravo Conservation and Management Area. Parts I and II. Appendix 2. 9 Meerman, J. C. 1993. Mammals of the Shipstern Nature Reserve. Occasional Papers of the Belize Natural History Society. 2:11, pp.83-85 10 Clark, W. 1993. A contribution to the mammals of the Mountain Pine Ridge; Hidden Valley Inn, Cayo District, Belize, Central America. Unpub. report for WCS. pp.7-8 11 Rodgers, A.D.F.; D. A. Sutton, eds. 1991. Report of the Joint Services Scientific Expedition to the Upper Raspaculo. Unpub. report. pp. E-1-1 and E-1-2 12 Hunt, H. R., J. Tamarack. 1992. Cox Lagoon Crocodile Preserve. Unpub. report. pp.3-4 13 Clark, W. C. 1992. Mammal Surveys Along the Macal River in Areas to be Affected by the Belize Electricity Board's Proposed Hydroelectric Project. pp.3-16. Draft report in Macal River Hydroelectric Development Environmental Impact Assessment Rubber Camp and Chalillo Schemes Pre-feasibility Study - Draft Environmental Appendix. Volume II of III. 14 Matola, S. 1993. Report on Mammal Activity: 11-15 January Columbia River Forest Reserve. p.6-10 in The Columbia River Forest Reserve, A Rapid Assessment 15 Miller, C., B. Miller. Natural History of Caracol: Mammals. 1989-1993. In prep. 16 Meerman, J.C.; T. Boomsma. 1993. Burdon Canal Nature Reserve Survey 15 February. 17 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994 (Nov.). Working Checklist: Mammals of Gallon Jug and Chan Chich Lodge Area. Unpublished list. 18 Miller, C.M., B.W. Miller. 1994. Preliminary Faunal Surveys at Tapir Mt. Nature Reserve, 27 Nov.-5 Dec., 1994. Unpublished report for BAS. 19 Quigley, H. B., B. W. Miller, C. M. Miller. 1995. Mammal Survey, Shipstern Nature Reserve, April 4-13, 1995. Unpublished report for ITCF. 20 ROM. 1995. Collections data from mammal department, Royal Ontario Museum. 21 LSU Museum of Natural Science, Belize collection. August 31, 1995. Curator: Mark S. Hafner.
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