University of Wollongong Research Online Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health 1-1-2014 Uso de la cola y el marsupio en Didelphis marsupialis y Metachirus nudicaudatus (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) para transportar material de anidación Carlos Delgado-Velez University of Wollongong,
[email protected] Andres Arias-Alzate Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico-UNAM Sebastian Aristizabal-Arango Universidad CES Juan D. Sanchez-Londono Universidad CES Follow this and additional works at: https://ro.uow.edu.au/smhpapers Part of the Medicine and Health Sciences Commons, and the Social and Behavioral Sciences Commons Recommended Citation Delgado-Velez, Carlos; Arias-Alzate, Andres; Aristizabal-Arango, Sebastian; and Sanchez-Londono, Juan D., "Uso de la cola y el marsupio en Didelphis marsupialis y Metachirus nudicaudatus (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) para transportar material de anidación" (2014). Faculty of Science, Medicine and Health - Papers: part A. 2438. https://ro.uow.edu.au/smhpapers/2438 Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact the UOW Library:
[email protected] Uso de la cola y el marsupio en Didelphis marsupialis y Metachirus nudicaudatus (Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae) para transportar material de anidación Abstract Information about the use of tail to carry nesting material by Neotropical marsupials is poorly documented. Based on videoclips obtained by camera traps, we documented the behavior of gathering and carrying nesting material in curling tails by Didelphis marsupialis and Metachirus nudicaudatus. Additionally, we documented for the fist time an individual of .D marsupialis gathering leaves and other nesting material in the pouch.