Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758

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 : 5

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Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 54 View Cited Treatment .

Type Locality: "America;" restricted to Surinam ( Thomas, 1911 a) .

Vernacular Names: Common Opossum.

Subspecies: :

Subspecies Didelphis marsupialis subsp. marsupialis Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Didelphis marsupialis subsp. caucae J. A. Allen 1900

Distribution: Tamaulipas, México, south throughout Central and South America to Perú, Bolivia, and Brazil.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Middle American populations were revised by Gardner (1973); Cerqueira (1985) treated the species as monotypic; carcinophaga Boddaert, 1784, is an invalid emendation of karkinophaga Zimmermann.