Alston's Mouse Opossum
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Gaius Cornelius
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{{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]]
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