Pale-bellied Woolly Mouse Opossum

Pale-bellied Woolly Mouse Opossum

Scientific classification

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Subclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Micoureus
Species:	constantiae

Binomial name

Micoureus constantiae
(Thomas, 1904)

The Pale-bellied Woolly Mouse Opossum, Micoureus constantiae, is a small pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is arboreal and nocturnal and inhabits moist forests in eastern Bolivia, the Brazilian State of Mato Grosso, and northwestern Argentina. The main components of its diet are probably insects and fruits, but it may also eat small rodents, lizards, and bird eggs.

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