Didelphis virginiana

Didelphis virginiana

Navigazione

Navigazione: Didelphimorphia
Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Ordo: Didelphimorphia

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamilia: Didelphinae
Tribus: Didelphini
Genus: Didelphis
Species: Didelphis virginiana
Subspecies (4): D. v. californica – D. v. pigra – D. v. virginiana – D. v. yucatanensis

Nome

Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792

Località tipo: Virginia, Louisiana, Mexico, Brazil, and Peru

Riferimenti

Primary references

• Kerr, R. 1792. The animal kingdom or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. A. Strahan and T. Cadell: London; W. Creech: Edinburgh. XII + 30 unnumbered + 1–400 pp. BHL Reference page.  p. 193 BHL

Additional references

• Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.)  2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 

Collegamenti

• Didelphis virginiana in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editor) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Didelphis virginiana – Taxon details on Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
• North American Mammals: Didelphis virginiana [1]
• Smithsonian Wild: Didelphis virginiana

Nomi comuni

English: Virginia Opossum
français: Opossum de Virginie, Opossum d'Amérique du Nord
magyar: Északi oposszum
íslenska: Virginíuposa
日本語: キタオポッサム
polski: Dydelf północny
Türkçe: Kuzey keseli sıçanı , Oppossum
українська: Опосум віргінський
中文（简体）: 北美负鼠
中文（繁體）: 北美負鼠