Interesting Facts
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Description
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Habitat
Typically found at an altitude of 0 to 1,225 meters (0 to 4,019 feet).[1]
Taxonomy
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- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
()
- (Haeckel, 1874) Cavalier-Smith, 1998
- Phylum:
Chordata
()
- Bateson, 1885
- Chordates
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
()
- Cuvier, 1812
- Vertebrates
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
()
- auct.
- Jawed Vertebrates
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
()
- Goodrich, 1930
- Class:
Mammalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
()
- (Rowe, 1988) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
()
- (Wible et al., 1995) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Legion:
Cladotheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
()
- McKenna, 1975
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
()
- (McKenna, 1975) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Supercohort:
Theria
()
- (Parker & Haswell, 1897) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Cohort:
Marsupialia
()
- (Illiger, 1811) M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997
- Magnorder:
Ameridelphia
()
- (Szalay, in Archer, Ed., 1982) M.c. Mckenna & S.k. Bell, 1997
- Order:
Didelphimorphia
()
- (Gill, 1872) Marshall et al., 1990
- Family:
Didelphidae
()
- Gray, 1821
- Subfamily:
Didelphinae
()
- Tribe:
Didelphini
()
- Genus:
Didelphis
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- Specific name:
marsupialis
- Subspecies:
tabascensis
- Scientific name: - Didelphis marsupialis tabascensis
- Subspecies:
tabascensis
- Specific name:
marsupialis
- Genus:
Didelphis
(
- Tribe:
Didelphini
(
- Subfamily:
Didelphinae
(
- Family:
Didelphidae
(
- Order:
Didelphimorphia
(
- Magnorder:
Ameridelphia
(
- Cohort:
Marsupialia
(
- Supercohort:
Theria
(
- Infralegion:
Tribosphenida
(
- Sublegion:
Zatheria
(
- Legion:
Cladotheria
(
- Superlegion:
Trechnotheria
(
- Infraclass:
Holotheria
(
- Subclass:
Theriiformes
(
- Class:
Mammalia
(
- Superclass:
Tetrapoda
(
- Infraphylum:
Gnathostomata
(
- Subphylum:
Vertebrata
(
- Phylum:
Chordata
(
- Infrakingdom:
Chordonia
(
- Branch:
Deuterostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Similar Species
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Members of the genus Didelphis
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 8 species and subspecies in this genus:
D. albiventris (White-Eared Opossum) · D. albiventris albiventris (White-Eared Opossum) · D. aurita (Brazilian Common Opossum) · D. imperfecta (Guianan White-Eared Opossum) · D. marsupialis (Black-Eared Opossum) · D. marsupialis marsupialis (Southern Opossum) · D. pernigra (Andean White-Eared Opossum) · D. virginiana (North American Opossum)
More Info
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Further Reading
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- A catalogue of the collection of mammals in the Field Columbian Museum. 1907 8 Chicago: Field Columbian Museum, 1907. url p. 8.
- A check list of mammals of the North American continent, the West Indies and the neighboring seas. 6 1905 Chicago, 1905. url p. 6.
- Atlas of New World marsupials / Barbara E. Brown. 102 2004 Chicago, Ill.: Field Museum of Natural History, 2004. url p. 35.
- Bulletin - United States National Museum. Washington: Smithsonian Institution Press, [etc.];1877-1971. url , p. 228, p. 3, p. 3, p. 3, p. 616, p. 876.
- Collected writings on mammals. [v.p.]1870-1908. url , p. 173, p. 174, p. 187, p. 188.
- Mammals from British Honduras, Mexico, Jamaica and Haiti. 31 1951 [Chicago]Chicago Natural History Museum, 1951. url p. 548.
- The Bulletin of zoological nomenclature. London, International Trust for Zoological Nomenclature. url p. 91.
- University of Kansas publications, Museum of Natural History. 14 1963 Lawrence, University of Kansas. url p. 186, p. 321, p. 324.
Notes
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Contributors
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 9, 2012.
Identifiers
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 2552217
Footnotes
- Mean = 222.320 meters (729.396 feet), Standard Deviation = 558.750 based on 19 observations. Altitude information for each observation from British Oceanographic Data Centre. [back]
