Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn, 2005, Order Didelphimorphia, Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1, Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins University Press, pp. 3-18 : 6

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https://doi.org/ 10.5281/zenodo.7316519

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.11343124

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scientific name

Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792
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Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792 View in CoL

Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792 View in CoL , in: Linnaeus, Anim. Kingdom: 193.

Type Locality: "Virginia, Louisiana, Mexico, Brasil, and Peru;" restricted to Virginia (J. A. Allen, 1901:160 c) .

Vernacular Names: Virginia Opossum.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Didelphis virginiana subsp. virginiana Kerr 1792

Subspecies Didelphis virginiana subsp. californica Bennett 1833

Subspecies Didelphis virginiana subsp. pigra Bangs 1898

Subspecies Didelphis virginiana subsp. yucatanensis J. A. Allen 1901

Distribution: S Canada; E and C United States (with introduced populations in Pacific states); México; and in Central America south into N Costa Rica.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Revised by Gardner (1973, 1982); reviewed by McManus (1974, Mammalian Species, 40).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Chordata

Class

Mammalia

Order

Didelphimorphia

Family

Didelphidae

Genus

Didelphis

Loc

Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792

Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn 2005
2005
Loc

Didelphis virginiana

Kerr 1792: 193
1792
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