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The gray four-eyed opossum has an omnivorous diet containing fruits, nectar, insects, small mammals (such as mice), birds, reptiles, amphibians, crustaceans, snails, and earthworms. [6] Its diet varies depending on the season. [6] With such a varied diet, the gray four-eyed opossum will both encounter and eat venomous snakes.
The nine species in the genus Philander, commonly known as gray and black four-eyed opossums, are members of the order Didelphimorphia. Mature females have a well-developed marsupium . The tail appears to be hairless except for the proximal (closest to the body) 5 or 6 cm, which has a few long hairs.
It is a large dark gray opossum. Dorsal fur is dark gray, and the fur on the sides is also gray, but lighter than the dorsal fur. The ventral fur is white or cream-colored. The hairs on the throat have gray bases, but are divided in two by a cream-colored vertical stripe going along the midline of the throat. Its fur is short.
The vicuña, Lama vicugna, is the national animal of Peru. ... Gray four-eyed opossum, Philander opossum LR/lc; Genus: Thylamys. White-bellied fat-tailed mouse ...
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Gray short-tailed opossums are relatively small animals, with a superficial resemblance to voles.In the wild they have head-body length of 12 to 18 cm (4.7 to 7.1 in) and weigh 58 to 95 grams (2.0 to 3.4 oz); males are larger than females. [5]
Genus Philander (gray and black four-eyed opossums): five species; Genus Thylamys (fat-tailed mouse opossums): nine species; Genus Tlacuatzin (gray mouse opossums): one species; Subfamily Glironiinae. Genus Glironia (bushy-tailed opossum): one species; Subfamily Hyladelphinae. Genus Hyladelphys (Kalinowski's mouse opossum): one species
The Pebas four-eyed opossum was described in 2018 by Robert S. Voss, Juan F. Díaz-Nieto, and Sharon Jansa. Specimens of this species had previously been collected, but considered to be synonymous with the southern four-eyed opossum, the gray four-eyed opossum, or the common four-eyed opossum, [1] with the lattermost being the sister species to P. pebas based on analysis of the cytochrome b. [2]