Didelphis
Also known as opossum, opossums
Didelphis is a genus of New World marsupials. The six species in the genus Didelphis, commonly known as Large American opossums, are members of the opossum order, Didelphimorphia.
Species
Virginia Opossum
GENUS
- KingdomAnimalia
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderDidelphimorphia
- FamilyDidelphidae
Observations72,259
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Research
1,522 papers- Didelphis spp. opossums and their parasites in the Americas: A One Health perspective.Parasitology research · 2021
- Didelphis albiventris as a carrier of Leptospira sp. in the central nervous tissue in the semiarid region of Northeast, Brazil.Comparative immunology, microbiology and infectious diseases · 2020
Article
4 sectionsContents
- Human interaction
- Phylogeny
- Species
- References
Didelphis is a genus of New World marsupials. The six species in the genus Didelphis, commonly known as Large American opossums, are members of the opossum order, Didelphimorphia.
The genus Didelphis is composed of cat-sized omnivorous species, which can be recognized by their prehensile tails and their tendency to feign death when cornered. The largest species, the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), is the only marsupial to be found north of Mexico.