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tayra
wholly opposum
Belize
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Resumen
I describe here the first observation of an attempted predation of a wholly opossum (Caluromys derbianus) by a tayra (Eira barbara). I observed the incident in the Macal River, close to San Ignacio town in west central Belize.
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