Black-shouldered opossum

The bandages or black shoulder wool opossum ( Caluromysiops irrupta ) is a mammal of the family of opossums ( Didelphidae ). It is one of the rarest and least studied species of its family.

Owes its name to the bind - wool possum two black stripes running from her forearms over her shoulder to the hind legs. The rest of the fur is gray in color and very soft and woolly. The tail is longer than the body, the last piece of its underside is glabrous, and it can be used as a prehensile tail. Tying wool opossums achieve a body length from 25 to 33 centimeters and a tail length of 31-40 centimeters.

The habitat of the banded wool opossum are rainforests in eastern Peru and western Brazil. It is a nocturnal tree-dwellers who rarely come to the ground. Their diet includes nectar and nuts, and possibly small animals. Like most possums is likely this type solitary life.

Although the BIND possum wool is very rare and their population development is declining, it is not endangered by the IUCN as ( " least concern " ) listed.