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HOME --> CLASS MAMMALIA
--> ORDER DIDELPHIMORPHIA
--> FAMILY Didelphidae
--> SUBFAMILY Didelphinae
--> GENUS Didelphis
SPECIES Didelphis virginiana
| Author: | Kerr, 1792. | | Citation: | In Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom: 193. | | Common Name: | Virginia Opossum | | Type Locality: | "Virginia, Louisiana, Mexico, Brasil, and Peru;" restricted to Virginia (J. A. Allen, 1901:160c). | | Distribution: | S Canada; E and C United States (with introduced populations in Pacific states); México; and in Central America south into N Costa Rica. | | Status: | IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). | | Comments: | Revised by Gardner (1973, 1982); reviewed by McManus (1974, Mammalian Species, 40). |
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