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Didelphis marsupialis
Linnaeus, 1758
- common opossum
(mammal)
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Didelphis (Genus) - large American opossums
..Didelphis albiventris (Species) - white-eared opossum
..Didelphis aurita (Species) - big-eared opossum
..Didelphis imperfecta (Species) - Guianan white-eared opossum
..Didelphis pernigra (Species) - Andean white-eared opossum
..Didelphis virginiana (Species) - Virginia opossum
..Didelphis marsupialis (Species) - common opossum
....Didelphis marsupialis caucae (Subspecies)
....Didelphis marsupialis marsupialis (Subspecies)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1758
Original name, rank, combination & spelling
:
Linnaeus, C. 1758.
Syst. Nat.
(ed. 10)
1
: 54.
Types
Type of
:
Didelphis
(Genus)
Linnaeus, 1758
Ref:
Thomas, 1888.
[
new
]
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Didelphis marsupialis marsupialis
Linnaeus, 1758
Synonyms
Including
:
Didelphis azarae
Temminck, 1824
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
Noordamerikaanse opossum
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
common opossum
Ref:
A.L. Gardner, 2005
: 5.
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