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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER DIDELPHIMORPHIA
--> FAMILY Didelphidae
--> SUBFAMILY Didelphinae
--> GENUS Didelphis
SPECIES Didelphis marsupialis
| Author: | Linnaeus, 1758. | | Citation: | Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 1: 54. | | Common Name: | Common Opossum | | Type Locality: | "America;" restricted to Surinam (Thomas, 1911a). | | Distribution: | Tamaulipas, México, south throughout Central and South America to Perú, Bolivia, and Brazil. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Middle American populations were revised by Gardner (1973); Cerqueira (1985) treated the species as monotypic; carcinophaga Boddaert, 1784, is an invalid emendation of karkinophaga Zimmermann. |
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