The Mexican mouse opossum is a small marsupial recorded from eastern Mexico through much of Central America to eastern Panama. A dark mask surrounds its large eyes.
The back is usually reddish brown and the underside yellowish to orange. It has large ears and eyes, and its dark facial mask extends behind the eyes to the ear bases.
It has been recorded in habitats ranging from dry forest to evergreen woodland and mangroves. Few behavior or diet observations can be confidently assigned to this species.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.