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Marmosa robinsoni
It is a species of opossum in the Didelphidae family. It moves along tree branches and vines with the help of a prehensile tail may leap between gaps as they search for fruit and insects. It's native to Belize, Colombia, Ecuador, Grenada, Honduras, Panama, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
This species is found in a wide variety of habitats, from evergreen or cloud forest to deciduous and thorn forest, secondary vegetation, and mesic grasslands.
It was found in a box of apples.
I am so jealous, we have pygmy possums in Tasmania and I so want to see one someday
That's great! We call them "Zarigüeyas" or "Chuchas", zarigüeya is a sophisticate name, because when you ask someone to explain a chucha, they will say it is a big rat. But if you say zarigüeya it sounds like a cute and clean animal haha.
Hi Carolina,
We have this opossum here in Brazil too, even in the SW region. In portuguese, we call it "Cuíca" or "Catita".
Haha Alice, you're a sweetheart!
I'm not that back yet, but soon! Give me a couple of weeks and I'll be definitely back. I'm missing my Project Noah friends too much :)
Carolina, The Queen is back! Every time you have to take a picture down, I call you the Queen, you do it so well. (and I am always glad I don't have to) Hope you don't mind your nickname
The one on the first video look alike, I'm not sure about the others. And no I couldn't keep it, my mom insisted it was a rat, but I know he still alive, his name is Jeronimo.
It's funny, I almost asked you if the box could have come from chile, as they have a very limited range. The video on the link I gave you looks very much like yours. What an amazing find. Do you still have it?
I looked it up on google images. Here's one site: http://www.mammalsrus.com/metatheria/mic...
Melodycaroll, I just saw your other comment, and I asked for your pictures because we heard the box was shipped from Chile, but we couldn't tracked it, so we thought it was native. But now that you mention Chile, I got curious :)
This is adorable. I found a similar species native to Chile called monito del monte, also a marsupial.
Spotted on Nov 25, 2010
Submitted on Jul 28, 2011
