Didelphis virginiana

Didelphis virginiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Didelphimorphia
Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Deuterostomia Phylum: Chordata Cladus: Chordata Craniata Subphylum: Vertebrata Infraphylum: Gnathostomata Superclassis: Tetrapoda Classis: Mammalia Subclassis: Theria Infraclassis: Marsupialia Ordo: Didelphimorphia

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Didelphini
Genus: Didelphis
Species: Didelphis virginiana
Subspecies: D. v. californica - D. v. pigra - D. v. virginiana - D. v. yucatanensis

Name

Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792

Type locality: Virginia, Louisiana, Mexico, Brazil, and Peru

References

• Linnaeus: Anim. Kingdom, p. 193.
• Mammal Species of the World, A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd edition, 2005 ISBN 0801882214

Links

• Didelphis virginiana in Mammal Species of the World.
  Don E. Wilson & DeeAnn M. Reeder (eds) (2005). Mammal Species of the World. A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed).
• Didelphis virginiana Report on ITIS
• North American Mammals: Didelphis virginiana [1]
• Smithsonian Wild: Didelphis virginiana

Vernacular names

English: Virginia Opossum
Français: Opossum de Virginie, Opossum d'Amérique du Nord
日本語: キタオポッサム
Polski: Dydelf północny
Türkçe: Kuzey keseli sıçanı , Oppossum
Українська: Опосум віргінський
‪中文(繁體)‬: 北美負鼠
‪中文(简体)‬: 北美负鼠