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/
gliroides
is importan for ecositem take care of monito del monte . I agree your article.
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It's nice!!! I hope to live a lot of years more!!!
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wow, this specie is very charismatic, i like your article.
ReplyDeletemonito del monte is an importan animal for Chile. you and I should care the forest and monito <3
ReplyDeleteVery interesting marsupial, I would view a monito del monte in forest
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