Diagnostic description:
Similar to C. ensifer.
Body length:
27 to 56, mean 40 mm
Dry weight (biomass):
1656 to 5823, mean 3693 mg
Distribution:
Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, Brazil, Bolivia, Peru
Habitat:
Widespread but locally common in terra firme forest, second growth and bamboo; occasionally in floodplain forest
Trophic strategy:
Human dung, puma dung, carrion, dead invertebrates
Taxonomic name: