Argentine Fat-tailed Mouse Opossum

Argentine Fat-tailed Mouse OpossumIts back, flanks, and belly have three distinct color zones. It lives in eastern Andean montane and seasonally dry forests; the genus's fat-storing tail changes in thickness with seasonal food availability.What does it look like?Its back is gray to tawny, its flanks are reddish, and its belly is whitish, forming three distinct color zones.How does it live?Its back, flanks, and belly have three distinct color zones. It lives in eastern Andean montane and seasonally dry forests; the genus's fat-storing tail changes in thickness with seasonal food availability.It inhabits mid-elevation montane and seasonally dry forests of the eastern Andes. The genus's characteristic fat-storing tail varies seasonally with food availability.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.