dormouse opossum

dormouse opossum
noun or dormouse phalanger
: any of several small phalangers (genus Cercaertus syn. Dromicia) that resemble mice with long nearly naked prehensile tails, that are chiefly nocturnal, and that feed on insects and fruits

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