North-western Woolly Mouse Opossum

North-western Woolly Mouse OpossumThis opossum has pale-brown dorsal fur and a dark tail with a furred base. Records from Loreto in northeastern Peru include white-sand forest and older secondary growth.What does it look like?In the 2021 revision, dorsal fur is pale brown and the ventral hairs of most specimens are gray at the base. The chin and groin may be buffy; the tail has a furred base followed by a dark, naked portion.How does it live?This opossum has pale-brown dorsal fur and a dark tail with a furred base. Records from Loreto in northeastern Peru include white-sand forest and older secondary growth.At Allpahuayo-Mishana in Peru, the revision records the species in white-sand varillal forest and in older secondary growth. The authors state that it is not restricted to white-sand forest.Keeping it safeAn extinction-risk assessment has not been added yet.