Alston's mouse opossum

Alston's mouse opossum (Marmosa alstoni), also known as Alston's opossum, is a medium-sized pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae.^[2] It is arboreal and nocturnal, inhabiting forests from Belize to northern Colombia. The main components of its diet are insects and fruits, but it may also eat small rodents, lizards, and bird eggs. It was formerly assigned to the genus Micoureus, which was made a subgenus of Marmosa in 2009.^[3]

Alston's mouse opossum
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Marmosa
Subgenus:	Micoureus
Species:	M. alstoni
Binomial name
Marmosa alstoni (J. A. Allen, 1900)
Alston's mouse opossum range
Synonyms
Caluromys alstoni J. A. Allen, 1900 Micoureus alstoni (J. A. Allen, 1900)