They usually live in a nest, similar to a bird made of twigs and leaves. They have a pouch for their young and are a marsupial. It also decends to the ground, it feeds mainly on insects, caught in the mouth but held with the forpaws while being eaten. It also sleeps during the day, usually in a spherical nest of leaves in a small tree-hole or similar cavity. Sleep is usually associated with torpor the body tempreture falling almost to that of the surroundinds.
Breeding takes place throughout the year.
These complete their development in the nest after vacating the pouch. Two sometimes three litters may be raised in a year.