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.
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