The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), also known as the North American opossum, is the only opossum living north of Mexico, its range extending...

South America. The Virginia opossum is the only species found in the United States and Canada. It is often simply referred to as an opossum, and in North America...

species, the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), is the only marsupial to be found in North America north of Mexico. The Virginia opossum has opposable...

with thirteen species in Central America and a single species, the Virginia opossum, inhabiting North America north of Mexico. The word marsupial comes...

seventeen bat species include brown bats and the Virginia big-eared bat, the state mammal. The Virginia opossum is also the only marsupial native to the United...

The gray four-eyed opossum (Philander opossum) is an opossum species from Central and South America, ranging from southern Mexico to Peru, Bolivia and...

Heidi (May 2008 – 28 September 2011) was a Virginia opossum housed at Germany's Leipzig Zoo. In December 2010, the two-and-a-half year old, cross-eyed...

instinctively show this behaviour when rats try to eat them. In mammals, the Virginia opossum (commonly known simply as possums) is perhaps the best known example...

The Amazonian red-sided opossum (Monodelphis glirina) is a South American opossum species of the family Didelphidae, formerly viewed as part of M. brevicaudata...

The common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis), also called the southern or black-eared opossum or gambá, and sometimes called a possum, is a marsupial species...

number of teats varies from 2 (in most primates) to 18 (in pigs). The Virginia opossum has 13, one of the few mammals with an odd number. The following table...

Australia Opossum, or possum, an order (Didelphimorphia) of marsupials native to the Americas Common opossum, native to Central and South America Virginia opossum...

The water opossum (Chironectes minimus), also locally known as the yapok (/ˈjæpɒk/), is a marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is the only living member...

a larger, rabid animal, and would, therefore, not be carriers. The Virginia opossum (a marsupial, unlike the other mammals named in this paragraph, which...

Conservation of Nature: Family Didelphidae (opossums) Subfamily: Didelphinae Genus: Didelphis Virginia opossum, D. virginiana LC Family Dasypodidae (armadillos)...

(Didelphis imperfecta) Common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis) Andean white-eared opossum (Didelphis pernigra) Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) Tribe...

white-eared opossum D. virginiana - Virginia opossum Genus Gracilinanus G. aceramarcae - Aceramarca gracile opossum G. agilis - agile gracile opossum G. dryas...

include species found exclusively in captivity. Family: Didelphidae Virginia opossum, Didelphis virginiana introduced Family: Soricidae Marsh shrew, Sorex...

Conservation of Nature: Family Didelphidae (opossums) Subfamily: Didelphinae Genus: Didelphis Virginia opossum, D. virginiana LC Family Dasypodidae (armadillos)...

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...

scavengers) include crows, vultures, condors, hawks, eagles, hyenas, Virginia opossum, Tasmanian devils, coyotes and Komodo dragons. Many invertebrates,...

The gray short-tailed opossum (Monodelphis domestica) is a small South American member of the family Didelphidae. Unlike most other marsupials, the gray...

early Paleocene. The Virginia opossum is the only marsupial/opossum species in New York. Family Didelphidae (American opossums) Subfamily: Didelphinae...

Derby's woolly opossum (Caluromys derbianus), or the Central American woolly opossum, is an opossum found in deciduous and moist evergreen forests of Central...

Linnaeus's mouse opossum (Marmosa murina), also known as the common or murine mouse opossum, is a South American marsupial of the family Didelphidae. Its...

The brown four-eyed opossum (Metachirus nudicaudatus) is a pouchless marsupial of the family Didelphidae. It is found in different forested habitats of...

members of the order Didelphimorphia (the order that contains the Virginia opossum), an accumulation of both anatomical and genetic evidence in recent...

The Mexican mouse opossum (Marmosa mexicana) is a species of North American opossum in the family Didelphidae. Marmosa mexicana is a small to moderate-sized...

The white-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris), known as the timbu and cassaco in northeast Brazil, saruê and sariguê in Bahia, micurê and mucura in...

southwestern border there are jaguars and ocelots. Other mammals include the Virginia opossum, which occurs throughout California and coastal areas in Oregon and...