The bushy-tailed opossum is a South American marsupial with a thickly furred tail. Records come from forests in the Amazon and Paraguay basins, and only a small number of observations are known.
Its tail has long fur, especially near the middle, and is often white-tipped. Reported back colors range from reddish brown to grey; the head has a dark stripe bisected by a pale one.
At about 18:00 on 18 July 2012, three young at a forest–pasture edge in Paranaíta, Mato Grosso, Brazil, licked exudates from a young Schefflera morototoni trunk. An adult female was observed around 20:30 that night; after the observers moved away, she jumped to the ground and climbed another tree.
Canopy-camera surveys conducted in central Amazonia during 2018–2023 yielded 31 independent records of this species at night, between 18:11 and 03:52.
An extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.