Use of artificial nest boxes by two species of small, arboreal mammals in ecuadorian tropical dry forest

Figures & data

Figure 1. Three nests categories according to the activity of Marmosa simonsi inside the nest box. A, B) Rearing nest, C, D) Permanent resting nest. Note the abandoned wasp nests inside the nest box, those did not seem to stop the opossum from using the box. E) Transient refuge. F) Examining a Rhipidomys latimanus found inside a nest box.

Figure 2. A) Marmosa simonsi with pups in the pouch. B) Close-up of the same photography.