Category
page 1Marsupials of Central America
Didelphidae
Opossums () are members of the marsupial order Didelphimorphia () endemic to the Americas. The largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, it comprises 126 species in 18 genera. Opossums originated in South America and entered North America in the Great American Interchange following the connection of North and South America in the late Cenozoic.
Didelphis virginiana
species of mammal
water opossum
species of mammal
Common opossum
species of mammal
Ameridelphia
Ameridelphia is traditionally a superorder that includes all marsupials living in the Americas except for the monito del monte (Dromiciops). It is now regarded as a paraphyletic group.
Robinson's mouse opossum
species of mammal
Brown four-eyed opossum
species of mammal
Gray four-eyed opossum
species of mammal
Derby's woolly opossum
species of mammal
Mexican mouse opossum
species of mammal
Micoureus alstoni
species of mammal
Panama slender opossum
species of mammal
Marmosa isthmica
species of mammal
Philander vossi
species of mammal
Marmosa adleri
species of marsupial