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four-eyed opossum

American

noun

a small opossum, Metachirops (Philander ) opossum, ranging from Mexico to Brazil, having a white spot above each eye.

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four-eyed opossum

The four-eyed opossum evidently ranges northward along the east face of the Sierra Madre Oriental within the humid division of the Upper Tropical Life-zone.

From Mammals from Tamaulipas, Mexico by Baker, Rollin H. (Rollin Harold)

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