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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]
Populations in Central America have a lighter-colored tip of the tail, [8] similar to most Philander opossums, but populations in the southern part of the range have a uniformly dark tail. [3] The upper parts of the head, back, rump, and limbs are a dark gray to black color, with gray-tipped hairs.
Didelphimorphia is the order of common opossums of the Western Hemisphere. Opossums probably diverged from the basic South American marsupials in the late Cretaceous or early Paleocene. The Virginia opossum is the only marsupial/opossum species in New York. Virginia opossum. Family Didelphidae (American opossums) Subfamily: Didelphinae. Genus ...
Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana). Didelphimorphia is an order of marsupial mammals.Members of this order are called didelphimorphs, or opossums.They are primarily found in South America, though some are found in Central America and Mexico and one, the Virginia opossum, ranges into the United States and Canada.
Giraffe-possums, lizards and Mothman, oh my! ... to be an exhaustive list; after all, saying this is a definitive list of Kentucky cryptids runs afoul of the entire point of the mysteries of these ...
The nine species in the genus Philander, commonly known as gray and black four-eyed opossums, are members of the order Didelphimorphia. Mature females have a well-developed marsupium . The tail appears to be hairless except for the proximal (closest to the body) 5 or 6 cm, which has a few long hairs.
The National Zoo in Washington, D.C., recently welcomed a one-eyed opossum named Basil, who was rescued after being attacked and is now an ambassador for his species at the zoo.
The American zoologist Alfred Gardner and later the American mammalogist Philip Hershkovitz would synonymize this species with Anderson's four-eyed opossum. [1] It was recognized as a distinct species in 2020 following a study of the analysis of the cytochrome b of the holotype and other specimens.