Chironectes minimus (Water Opossum)
Chironectes minimus (Zimmermann, 1780)
It is a medium-sized species with a slender body and short, dense, water-repellent fur with some long hairs interspersed. Its color pattern makes it distinguishable from all other opossums. The dorsal fur is pale silvery gray with four wide blackish bands crossing the dorsum laterally, located…
