Table 1 Information about respondents (age, gender and locality) and ethnoecological information about common opossum/respondent (weight, breeding season, number of young/pregnancy, food diet and habitat)

1

55

M

Nazaré

2 - 5

February to May (3)

4-8

Fruits

Canopy “cofó” of miriti palm

2

38

F

Guajará

2

- (-)

-

Fruits

Hollow tree

3

67

M

Nazaré

2

June (2-3)

8-9

Fruits

Canopy “cofó” of miriti palm

4

74 (47)

F (M)

Guajará

2-3

June to August (-)

5-6

Fruits

Miriti palm and hollow tree

5

46

M

Guajará

2-3

August (1)

2-7

Fruits

Floodplain

6

62

M

Nazaré

1,5-4

August (3)

4-8

Fruits

Miriti palm and river edge

7

27

M

Nazaré

1-2,5

- (-)

-

Fruits

-

8

52 (28)

M (M)

Nazaré

2-4

November to January (1)

3-6

Fruits

Canopy “cofó” of miriti palm

9

53 (54)

M (F)

Nazaré

1,5-4

February to May (1)

4-7

Fruits

Ground, canopy of miriti palm, river edge

10

58

M

Quianduba

1-4

- (-)

4-6

Fruits

Canopy of miriti palm and hollow tree

11

60

M

Quianduba

1,5-4

August to January (1)

7

Insects, hen, eggs,

Canopy of miriti palm and hollow tree

12

64

M

Quianduba

1-4

- (-)

4-6

Fruits and insects

Canopy of miriti palm and hollow tree

13

45

F

Nazaré

1-3

June to December (-)

5-6

Fruits

Canopy of miriti palm and hollow tree

14

26

M

Nazaré

1-3

August to September (2)

5-13

Fruits

Canopy of miriti palm and hollow tree

15

62

M

Guajará

2-5

All year (muny)

3-7

Fruits

Canopy of miriti palm and hollow tree

16

38

M

Guajará

2-5

January to March (3)

7-10

Fruits and crustaceans

Canopy of miriti palm and hollow tree

17

46 (36)

M (F)

Nazaré

2-3,5

December to March (1)

4-11

Fruits and hen

Canopy of miriti palm and hollow tree

18

40

M

Quianduba

1-4

All year (many)

3-12

Fruits

Canopy of miriti palm and hollow tree