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species

Virginia Opossum
Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Chordata - chordates »  class Mammalia - mammals »  order Didelphimorphia - American marsupials »  family Didelphidae - opossums

Scientific synonyms

Didelphis marsupialis virginiana
Didelphis virginianus

Other names

= North American opossum

IUCN category:Least Concern
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Subordinated taxa

Number of records: 4

subspecies Didelphis virginiana californica Bennett, 1833
subspecies Didelphis virginiana pigra Bangs, 1898
subspecies Didelphis virginiana virginiana Kerr, 1792
subspecies Didelphis virginiana yucatanensis J.A. Allen, 1901

Links and literature

EN Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [as Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792]
Wilson D. E., Reeder D. M. (editors) (2005): Mammal Species of the World (MSW). A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3rd ed) [http://www.bucknell.edu/msw3]
Data retrieved on: 2008/12/05
CZ Anděra M. (1999): České názvy živočichů II. Savci (Mammalia), Národní muzeum, (zoologické odd.), Praha, 147 pp. [as Didelphis virginiana (Kerr, 1792)]
CZ Anděra M. (2011): České názvy živočichů. Savci (Mammalia). Dodatek 1 – Vačnatí (Metatheria), Lynx, n. s. Praha [as Didelphis virginiana]
Data retrieved on: 2011/03/08

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