Locomotion in aquatic, terrestrial, and arboreal habitat of thick-tailed opossum, Lutreolina crassicaudata (Desmarest, 1804)

Journal of Mammalogy

Volumn 86, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 902-908

  Santori, Ricardo Tadeu ^a   Rocha Barbosa, Oscar ^a   Vieira, Marcus Vinícius ^b   Magnan Neto, José Aarão ^c   Loguercio, Mariana F C ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL RURAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Animal behavior; Climbing; Didelphidae; Locomotion; Lutreolina; Swimming

Indexed keywords

BEHAVIOR; HABITAT TYPE; LOCOMOTION; SWIMMING;

ANIMALIA; CHIRONECTES MINIMUS; DIDELPHIDAE; LUTREOLINA; LUTREOLINA CRASSICAUDATA;

EID: 27244434975     PISSN: 00222372     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1644/1545-1542(2005)86[902:LIATAA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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