Common fat-tailed mouse opossum
Kingdom
Phylum
Subphylum
Class
Infraclass
Family
Genus
SPECIES
Thylamys pusillus
Length
186-250
7.3-9.8
mminch
mm inch 

The common fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys pusillus ) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It occurs in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Paraguay in chaco and Andean foothill habitats. Its head-and-body length is about 75 to 120 (mean 94.3) mm, and its tail length is about 90 to 134 (mean 103.6) mm. Its dorsal fur is brownish gray, and its ventral fur is yellowish to white. The legs and cheeks are the same color as the ventral surface. Its tail is sharply bicolored (divided into two colors). A ring of faintly darker fur surrounds each eye. Its tail often lacks fat deposits, but does not always.

No

Nocturnal

Ca

Carnivore

In

Insectivores

Ar

Arboreal

To

Torpor

Sc

Scansorial

Te

Terrestrial

So

Solitary

C

starts with

Distribution

Geography

Continents
Biogeographical realms
Common fat-tailed mouse opossum habitat map

Climate zones

Common fat-tailed mouse opossum habitat map
Common fat-tailed mouse opossum
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References

1. Common fat-tailed mouse opossum Wikipedia article - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_fat-tailed_mouse_opossum
2. Common fat-tailed mouse opossum on The IUCN Red List site - https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/201936/22172657

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