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title: "Mexican Mouse Opossum"
description: "Marmosa mexicana — Mammiferi. The Mexican mouse opossum (Marmosa mexicana) is a species of North American opossum in the family Didelphidae."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/mexican-mouse-opossum
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Mexican Mouse Opossum

> Marmosa mexicana — Mammiferi. The Mexican mouse opossum (Marmosa mexicana) is a species of North American opossum in the family Didelphidae.

- Scientific name: *Marmosa mexicana*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta)
- iNaturalist observations: 442
- Wikidata: [Q194222](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194222)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42678](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42678)

## Names

- en: Mexican Mouse Opossum
- de: Mexikanische Zwergbeutelratte
- es: Tlacuache ratón mexicano
- fr: Opossum-souris Du Mexique
- nl: Mexicaanse dwergbuidelrat
- pt: Cuíca-mexicana

## Countries with the most observations

MX (92), CR (70), HN (61), BZ (14), GT (14), SV (12), PA (10), NI (5)

## Summary

The Mexican mouse opossum (Marmosa mexicana) is a species of North American opossum in the family Didelphidae.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_mouse_opossum

## Photo

![Mexican Mouse Opossum](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/mexican-mouse-opossum/medium.jpg)

Photo: Scott Loarie · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20794157

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/mexican-mouse-opossum?lang=it` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).