Kingdom Animalia Class Mammalia Family Didelphidae Scientific name Marmosa isthmica | Phylum Chordata Order Didelphimorphia Genus Marmosa Rank Species | |
Similar Little woolly mouse op, Red mouse opossum, Quechuan mouse opossum, Deltaic four‑eyed opossum, Bare‑tailed woolly mouse op | ||
The Isthmian mouse opossum (Marmosa isthmica) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae found in Colombia, Ecuador, and Panama.
Foraging along branches and vines for fruit and insects, with the help of a prehensile tail, M. isthmica was formerly considered a subspecies of Robinson's mouse opossum (Marmosa robinsoni) and is supposed to be similar to it in habit, but following Rossi (2005) it is now deemed a species.
In 1935 in the Panama Canal Zone, Enders observed Marmosa isthmica to build nests with leaves in a nestbox fixed to a tree.
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