Northern Four-eyed Opossum

Northern Four-eyed OpossumThis small opossum ranges from pale gray to black, with white spots around the eyes. A 1963 Tamaulipas account says it seemed fairly common in tropical deciduous forest at relatively low elevations along the eastern side of the Sierra Madre Oriental.What does it look like?Body fur ranges from pale gray to black. The face has a dark mask-like pattern and white spots around the eyes; the underside, including below the cheeks, is whitish, and the fur is relatively short.How does it live?This small opossum ranges from pale gray to black, with white spots around the eyes. A 1963 Tamaulipas account says it seemed fairly common in tropical deciduous forest at relatively low elevations along the eastern side of the Sierra Madre Oriental.A 1963 account from Tamaulipas described it as apparently common in low-elevation tropical deciduous forest east of the Sierra Madre Oriental. One animal was collected in the drier forests of west-central Tamaulipas, and some animals were found at night in forest along the Río Sabinas.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.