Mexican Mouse Opossum

Marmosa mexicana

Very rareMammal

The Mexican Mouse Opossum is a small, large-eyed arboreal marsupial of highland forests in Mexico and Guatemala. It enters torpor during cold, dry seasons, relying on fat reserves stored in its tail base. Like other mouse opossums, it lacks a true marsupial pouch and attaches young directly to nipples on the abdomen.

Habitat

Tropical and subtropical highland forests of Mexico

Diet

Insects, fruit, nectar, and small vertebrates

How common

Very rare

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