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Gracilinanus agilis
This small brown marsupial, with dark hairs around the bulging eyes, measuring about 10cm in total (more than half corresponding to the tail), was observed on a rural road in the midst of the Atlantic Forest. Probably doesn´t weight more than 20g.
Mata Atlântica rain forest
One of the smallest marsupials in the world, is extremely docile.
Spotted on Dec 24, 2018
Submitted on Dec 27, 2018
11 Comments
Tk's SarahWhitt and Neil Ross!
What a wonderful spotting. Such an amazing creature, and so cute. I was very fortunate to spot a very, very distant cousin on the other side of the Pacific Ocean. Marsupials are such extraordinary creaturess. Congrats on your SOTD.
What a CUTIE!!! Congrats on your SOTD!!
Tk's Michael Strydom!
Belated Congrats on SOTD. Very cute little guy!!
Tk's Mark Ridgway!
Wonderful animal. Congratulations.
Wow! Thank you!
Beautiful series fernams,congrats on the well deserved SOTD and thanks for sharing
Congratulation fernams, your Cuíca Graciosa is our Spotting of the Day:
"Meet the Agile Gracile Opossum (Gracilinanus agilis), our Spotting of the Day! Gracilinanus agilis is a small, nocturnal opossum that inhabits Brazilian cerrado areas. It is also found in parts of Argentina, Bolivia, Colombia, Peru, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Like other so-called mouse opossums in the genus Gracilinanus, they have a thin and long prehensile tail".
To learn more about mouse opossums: https://buff.ly/2TbToyw
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Nice find! Very cute and pretty cool that it is such a little marsupial :)