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Didelphis marsupialis
Linnaeus, 1758
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Nomenclatural_Code
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Didelphimorphia
Didelphidae
Didelphis
marsupialis
ICZN
Name Authority:
ITIS
Published In: 1758
Common Name(s):
Black-eared opossum
Common opossum
Southern Opossum
Tlacuache sureño
Related Publications:
Bremer 1904
Cited MCZ Specimens:
MCZ:SC:1050
Figured p. 67 in
Bremer 1904
MCZ:SC:1054
Figured p. 68 in
Bremer 1904
Synonyms and other Related Names:
No related names recorded.
Related Taxon Records:
Parent Genus:
Didelphis
Linnaeus, 1758
Related: 13 species, 10 subspecies
Congeneric Species:
Didelphis albiventris
Didelphis californica
Didelphis cinerea
Didelphis crucialis
Didelphis lanigera
Didelphis mesamericana
Didelphis murina
Didelphis nudicaudata
Didelphis opossum
Didelphis paraguayensis
Didelphis richmondi
Didelphis virginiana
Didelphis yucatanensis
Subspecies:
Didelphis marsupialis aurita
(Wied-Neuwied, 1826)
Didelphis marsupialis californica
Bennett, 1833
Didelphis marsupialis caucae
J. A. Allen, 1900
Didelphis marsupialis colombica
J. A. Allen, 1900
Didelphis marsupialis etensis
J. A. Allen, 1902
Didelphis marsupialis insularis
J. A. Allen, 1902
Didelphis marsupialis marsupialis
Linnaeus, 1758
Didelphis marsupialis particeps
Goldman, 1917
Didelphis marsupialis texensis
J. A. Allen, 1901
Didelphis marsupialis virginiana
Kerr, 1792
Media:
image (image/jpeg)
MCZ:Mamm:5670
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3178
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3178
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MCZ:SC:3178
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3178
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MCZ:SC:3178
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3178
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MCZ:SC:3178
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3178
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3178
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3178
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3178
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3178
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3178
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3178
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3178
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3178
image (image/tiff)
MCZ:SC:3178
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