Vocalizations of the Sepia short-tailed Opossum Monodelphis adusta (Thomas, 1897, Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae)
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Carlos Nivelo-Villavicencio
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Jose Vieira
Abstract
As part of their behavior, various groups of species, including marsupials and other mammals, have evolved vocalizations, with varying degrees of complexity, for different communication purposes. Despite the growing interest in the bioacoustics of species, there are groups in which the study in this field is still unknown. A clear example is the genus Monodelphis, the most diverse group of didelphid marsupials. In this work we present the first description of the vocalizations of Monodelphis adusta, the only species of the genus registered in Ecuador, which shows the ability to produce audible phrases with different numbers of syllables.
Acknowledgments
To Tropical Herping (TH) for contributing with the expedition, we thank “Aguas Negras Lodge” and its staff. This work was done under the project “Reptiles of Ecuador: Life in the middle of the world”. To Miguel Pinto who reviewed the manuscript, Ulyses Pardiñas for the critical reading to this work and Jhael Ortega who helped with the English language. Special thanks to Jorge Brito for his support with the voucher MECN 6367 housed in the Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad del Ecuador (INABIO).
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Author contributions: CN prepared the manuscript, collected field data, analyzed the data and reviewed the final document, JV reviewed the manuscript and collected field data. All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.
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Research funding: Tropical Herping (TH) contributed with the funds for the expedition from which the data were obtained.
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Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare no conflicts of interest regarding this article.
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Research ethics: This work was carried out following current professional techniques and the regulations established by the American Society of Mammalogists to follow for the capture, marking, maintenance in captivity and euthanasia of wild life mammals (Sikes and Animal Care and Use Committee of the American Society of Mammalogists 2016).
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- Ecology
- Factors influencing the success of capturing European brown bears with foot snares
- First tracking of an eastern spotted skunk litter from birth to independence
- A snapshot of rodents and shrews of agroecosystems in Ethiopian highlands using camera traps
- First photographic record of albinism in Baiomys taylori (Rodentia: Cricetidae)
- First record for a partial Isabelline colouration in a European mole, Talpa europaea, from Central Italy
- The natural history of the Stenodermatinae Chiroderma doriae vizottoi Taddei and Lim 2010 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae) in a semiarid region from Brazil
- Free-ranging Van Gelder’s bat Bauerus dubiaquercus (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) preying on dung beetles in southern Mexico
- First report of albinism in a lactating female of the chestnut long-tongued bat Lionycteris spurrelli Thomas, 1913 (Chiroptera, Phyllostomidae)
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- Discovery of Kerivoula kachinensis and a validity of K. titania (Chiroptera: Vespertilionidae) in China
