Tuesday, June 3, 2014

The Monito del Monte (Dromiciops gliroides)

The Monito del Monte is a marsupial, endemic of Chile and Argentica, they  live in forests, and their  distribution in chile is from Regiòn del Maule (VII region) to Chiloé (island located  41º y 43º L.S)
They are very charismatic, and their presence has a different sense for the local culture, for example, for the mapuches this animal represent bad luck and in chiloé represent virtue.
For their reconnaissance are important: taxonomy (little marsupial, their colors are white and yellow  brown, and finally has a long tail) and biotype (lifestyle, sound etc), whit this characteristic you can recognise this species. 

At present the Monito del Monte has a conservation category very alarming, are vulnerable, this is very important for the forester because we work in the Monito del Monte house, whit this present is probable disappear, for this is necessary conservation the forest.

This is only one species noted, there are a lot of in our country, vegetal and animal... the future is alarming.



article: http://www.veoverde.com/2011/03/conoce-al-monito-del-monte/






 
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5 comments:

  1. is importan for ecositem take care of monito del monte . I agree your article.
    regards

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  2. It's nice!!! I hope to live a lot of years more!!!
    regards

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  3. wow, this specie is very charismatic, i like your article.

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  4. monito del monte is an importan animal for Chile. you and I should care the forest and monito <3

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  5. Very interesting marsupial, I would view a monito del monte in forest

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