Species MammalsBrown Four-eyed Opossum

Brown Four-eyed Opossum

Metachirus nudicaudatus

Very rareMammal
Illustration of Brown Four-eyed Opossum (Metachirus nudicaudatus)

The Brown Four-eyed Opossum is a terrestrial marsupial of tropical lowland forests that lacks a pouch, carrying its young clinging to the mother's belly. It has yellowish eye-spots above each eye similar to the gray four-eyed opossum and is active primarily on the forest floor. It ranges from Mexico through South America.

Habitat
Tropical lowland forests of Mexico and Central America
Diet
Fruit, invertebrates, and small vertebrates
How common
Very rare

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