Micoureus
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Micoureus is a genus
of Neotropic opossums of the family Didelphidae. It includes the following species:
Genus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
of Neotropic opossums of the family Didelphidae. It includes the following species:
- Alston's Mouse OpossumAlston's Mouse OpossumAlston's Mouse Opossum , also known as Alston's Opossum, is a medium sized pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is arboreal and nocturnal, inhabiting forests from Belize to northern Colombia. The main components of its diet are insects and fruits, but it may also eat small rodents,...
(Micoureus alstoni) - White-bellied Woolly Mouse OpossumWhite-bellied Woolly Mouse OpossumThe White-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...
(Micoureus constantiae) - Woolly Mouse OpossumWoolly Mouse OpossumThe long-furred woolly mouse opossum , known locally as the Cuíca, is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. Its range includes central Colombia, Venezuela, French Guiana, Guyana, Suriname, eastern Peru, northern Bolivia, and northern Brazil....
(Micoureus demerarae) - Tate's Woolly Mouse OpossumTate's woolly mouse opossumTate's woolly mouse opossum is an omnivorous, arboreal South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae, named after American zoologist George Henry Hamilton Tate. Insects are a major component of its diet. It is native to Atlantic coastal forests of Brazil, Paraguay and Argentina....
(Micoureus paraguayanus) - Little Woolly Mouse OpossumLittle woolly mouse opossumThe little woolly mouse opossum is a nocturnal, arboreal and mainly solitary South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is native to the western slopes of the Andes in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, where it lives at altitudes from sea level to 1500 m...
(Micoureus phaeus) - Bare-tailed Woolly Mouse OpossumBare-tailed Woolly Mouse OpossumThe bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum or short-furred woolly mouse opossum is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. Its range includes Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. It is found in tropical rainforest in the westernmost portion of the Amazon Basin and the eastern...
(Micoureus regina)