Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum

Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys karimii) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae.^[2] It is endemic to central and northeast Brazil, where it is found in the cerrado and caatinga at elevations from 300 to 1100 m.^[1] This opossum is crepuscular and mostly terrestrial; its omnivorous diet includes leaves, insects and small vertebrates.^[1] Its head-and-body length is about 95 millimeters, and its tail length is about 72 millimeters. It is very similar to T. pallidor. Its tail may be nonprehensile.^[3] The species is named after Iranian epidemiologist Y. Karimi.^[4] It is threatened by habitat destruction and fragmentation due to agriculture and ranching.^[1]

Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Infraclass:	Marsupialia
Order:	Didelphimorphia
Family:	Didelphidae
Genus:	Thylamys
Species:	T. karimii
Binomial name
Thylamys karimii Petter, 1968
Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum range