The white-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (Thylamys pallidior) is a species of opossum in the family Didelphidae. It is found in Argentina, Bolivia,
From Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Pallid Fat-tailed Opossum being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Thylamys elegans
- Cercartetus concinnus
- Tlacuatzin sinaloae
- Gracilinanus agilis
- Cercartetus nana
- Eliomys quercinus
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Chordata
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Didelphimorphia
- Family
- Didelphidae
- Genus
- Thylamys
- Species
- Thylamys pallidior
Found one? Take a photo and B.inomen will suggest what it is, free.
Check your photo