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  Name White-bellied Woolly Mouse Opossum
  Regnum Animal ia
  Phylum Chordata
  Classis Mammal ia
  Subclassis Marsupialia
  Ordo Didelphimorphia
  Familia Didelphidae
  Genus '' Micoureus ''
  Species '''''M constantiae'''''
  Binomial ''Micoureus constantiae''
  Binomial Authority ( Thomas , 1904)


The White-bellied Woolly Mouse Opossum, ''Micoureus constantiae'', is a small Pouchless Marsupial of the family Didelphidae . It is Arboreal and Nocturnal and inhabits moist forests in eastern Bolivia , the Brazil ian State of Mato Grosso , and northwestern Argentina . The main components of its diet are probably Insect s and Fruit s, but it may also eat small Rodent s, Lizard s, and Bird Eggs .


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