The Greater Grison is a fierce, stocky mustelid of tropical and subtropical forests with a striking bicolored pattern—pale silver-gray above and jet black below. It hunts rodents, snakes, lizards, and birds in dense forest and has a reputation for aggressive fearlessness. Grisons reach southern Mexico at the northern limit of their range.
Habitat
Tropical forests and grasslands of southern Mexico and Central America
Diet
Small mammals, snakes, lizards, and birds
How common
Very rare
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