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Marmosa murina
also known as the common or murine mouse opossum, is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae.
Its range includes Colombia, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, Guyana, Suriname, French Guiana, Brazil, eastern Ecuador, eastern Peru, and eastern Bolivia.
I found this little friend while I was working in a swamp in magangue, Colombia. I opened a bag of chips for my breakfast and he appeared next to me, seems he have a wild atraction towards junk food.
Spotted on Jun 22, 2013
Submitted on Oct 29, 2013
7 Comments
cool facts karen and amazing photo juan.
cute....
Very nice!
Fun fact! Not all marsupials carry their young in a pouch! Marsupials are characterized by giving birth to relatively undeveloped young that develop more from the nourishment of the mother's milk then from the placenta.
The murine mouse opossum is an example of a marsupial without a pouch. After a pregnancy of around 2 weeks, a female gives birth to a litter of 5 to 8 young, which cling to her teats and suckle for sixty to eighty days until old enough to climb onto her back. https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=...
Very sweet!
cute shot!
So cute!