Alston's Mouse Opossum 576655 208299599 2008-04-26T11:15:46Z Gaius Cornelius 293907 Tidy using [[Project:AutoWikiBrowser|AWB]] {{Taxobox | name = Alston's Mouse Opossum | status = LR/nt | status_system = iucn2.3 | regnum = [[Animal]]ia | phylum = [[Chordate|Chordata]] | classis = [[Mammal]]ia | infraclassis = [[Marsupialia]] | ordo = [[Didelphimorphia]] | familia = [[Didelphidae]] | genus = ''[[Micoureus]]'' | species = '''''M. alstoni''''' | binomial = ''Micoureus alstoni'' | binomial_authority = ([[J. A. Allen]], 1900) }} '''Alston's Mouse Opossum''' (''Micoureus alstoni''), also known as '''Alston's Opossum''', is a medium sized [[pouch (marsupial)|pouchless]] [[marsupial]] of the family [[Didelphidae]]. It is [[arboreal]] and [[nocturnal]], inhabitting forests from [[Belize]] to northern [[Colombia]]. The main components of its diet are [[insect]]s and [[fruit]]s, but it may also eat small [[rodent]]s, [[lizard]]s, and [[bird]] [[egg (biology)|eggs]]. ==References== * {{IUCN2006|assessors=New World Marsupial Specialist Group|year=1996|id=13296|title=Micoureus alstoni|downloaded=9 May 2006}} {{Didelphimorphia|D.1}} [[Category:Opossums]] [[Category:Mammals of Central America|Opossum, Alston's Mouse]] {{marsupial-stub}}