Heavy-browed mouse opossum
| Heavy-browed mouse opossum | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia |
| Family: | Didelphidae |
| Genus: | Marmosa |
| Subgenus: | Stegomarmosa |
| Species: | M. andersoni
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| Binomial name | |
| Marmosa andersoni Pine, 1972
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| Heavy-browed mouse opossum range | |
The heavy-browed mouse opossum (Marmosa andersoni), or Anderson's mouse opossum, is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is endemic to a restricted range in southern Peru. This opossum inhabits forests; it is nocturnal and probably arboreal.