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The Virginie opossum (Didelphis virginiana), commonly kent as the North American opossum, is the anly marsupial foond in North Americae north o Mexico. In the Unitit States it is teepically referred tae simply as a possum. A solitar an nocturnal ainimal aboot the size o a domestic cat, an thus the lairgest opossum, it is a successfu opportunist. It is familiar tae mony North Americans as it is eften seen near touns, rummagin throu garbage cans, or lyin bi the road, a victim o traffic.[3]
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Virginie opossum[1] | |
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Conservation status | |
Scientific classification | |
Kinrick: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Chordata |
Cless: | Mammalia |
Infracless: | Marsupialia |
Order: | Didelphimorphia |
Faimily: | Didelphidae |
Subfaimily: | Didelphinae |
Genus: | Didelphis |
Species: | D. virginiana |
Binomial name | |
Didelphis virginiana (Kerr, 1792) | |
Virginie opossum range |
In Mexico it is kent as the tlacuache.
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