The gray slender opossum (''Marmosops incanus''), is an opossum

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Brazil Brazil ( pt, Brasil; ), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (Portuguese: ), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America. At and with over 217 million people, Brazil is the world's fifth-largest country by area ...

. This species is a semi-arboreal marsupial, moving on average 67.38% on the ground. They are solitary, nocturnal, and scansorial (tree climbers). They live off a diet of mainly insects.

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Opossums Marsupials of South America Mammals of Brazil Endemic fauna of Brazil Mammals described in 1841 {{marsupial-stub