For the possum of North America, see Virginia opossum. For other related terms, see Possum (disambiguation).
Common opossum[1]
In an urban area of Caracas, Venezuela
Conservation status
Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[2]
Scientific classification
Domain:
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Chordata
Class:
Mammalia
Infraclass:
Marsupialia
Order:
Didelphimorphia
Family:
Didelphidae
Genus:
Didelphis
Species:
D. marsupialis
Binomial name
Didelphis marsupialis
Linnaeus, 1758
Common opossum range
Synonyms
Didelphis marsupialis marsupialis
The common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis), also called the southern or black-eared opossum[2] or gambá, and sometimes called a possum, is a marsupial species living from the northeast of Mexico to Bolivia (reaching the coast of the South Pacific Ocean to the central coast of Peru), including Trinidad and Tobago and the Windwards in the Caribbean,[2] where it is called manicou.[3] It prefers the woods, but can also live in fields and cities.
^Gardner, A.L. (2005). "Order Didelphimorphia". In Wilson, D.E.; Reeder, D.M (eds.). Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 5–6. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. OCLC 62265494.
^ abcAstúa, D.; Lew, D.; Costa, L.P.; Pérez-Hernandez, R. (2021). "Didelphis marsupialis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2021: e.T40501A197310576. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2021-1.RLTS.T40501A197310576.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
^"Checklist of Mammals of Trinidad and Tobago". Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Biodiversity Clearing House. 2005. Archived from the original on 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2010-10-24.
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