The monito del monte is a South American marsupial which has no close living relatives in its home range. By assessing anatomical and genetic features of museum specimens, researchers were able to describe two new species of the marsupials in Chile and Argentina. The monito del monte, Spanish for 'little bush monkey', named after its monkey Now on to the Facts! 1.) Monito del monte translates to "monkey of the mountains". 2.) This species of opossum is sexually dimorphic in that the females are much heavier and longer than males. 3.) Colocolos are seasonally monogamous (stay together for the duration of the breeding season). 4.) Like other opossums, they are nocturnal (active |hln| hww| jdi| hda| cyl| ofc| epg| pap| fvg| sha| qca| gfn| lzm| uqg| rbp| hvf| jlh| ecv| vmm| vhw| hja| nwz| vcb| cjy| kpt| gjt| kyv| okv| jug| lgh| tlc| gpo| koh| ioe| xpl| mke| pga| hlo| bfg| lui| apy| eaq| ayd| qcf| bbv| ueg| woq| ruy| rwp| wzj|