Least ConcernCommon Opossum
Didelphis marsupialis
Mammals · Paucituberculata · Caenolestidae
Caenolestes fuliginosus
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
The silky shrew opossum is a small marsupial of the northern Andes, found in Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela and northern Peru. Like the Chilean shrew opossum, it belongs to the order Paucituberculata, a very ancient South American lineage. At night it works through damp leaf litter and tunnels under the moss hunting insects, spiders and worms, which it locates with its whiskers and its sense of smell. It lives across a very wide altitudinal range, from cloud forest up to open páramo.
Weight
25 g – 40 g
Size
9 cm – 13 cm
Diet
Omnivore
Combines animal and plant food depending on availability.
Activity
Nocturnal
Active mainly at night.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
Sighting difficulty
Easy
Sources consulted: https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caenolestes_fuliginosus
Best time: All year in the cloud forests of the Andes of Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, at night, among the moss and leaf litter.
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