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What is the taxonomy of a possum?
Integrated Taxonomic Information System – Report
| Order | Didelphimorphia Gill, 1872 – cuica, didelfimorfo, gambá, marsupial, mucura, marsupials, American marsupials |
| Family | Didelphidae Gray, 1821 – opossoms, American opossums |
| Subfamily | Didelphinae Gray, 1821 |
| Genus | Didelphis Linnaeus, 1758 – large American opossums |
What is the scientific name for the Virginia opossum?
Didelphis virginiana
Virginia opossum/Scientific names
Virginia opossum, (Didelphis virginiana), the only marsupial (family Didelphidae, subfamily Didelphinae) found north of Mexico.
What phylum is a Virginia opossum?
Chordata
The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), commonly known as the North American opossum, is the only marsupial, and therefore the only opossum, found north of Mexico, but its range extends south into Central America….
| Virginia opossum | |
|---|---|
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
What classification best describes the opossum?
Opossum
| Didelphidae Temporal range: Early Miocene – Recent PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N | |
|---|---|
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Mammalia |
| Infraclass: | Marsupialia |
| Superorder: | Ameridelphia |
What animal group are opossum?
marsupials
The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) is more closely related to kangaroos than to any other mammal in North America. It’s our only member of the ancient group of animals called the marsupials, or animals with pouches. Opossum is the official name.
What is the difference between a common opossum and a Virginia opossum?
However, these are two different species. The common opossum’s scientific name is Didelphis marsupialis, and the Virginia opossum’s scientific name is Didelphis virginiana. These types of opossums have a cone-shaped nose with a pink tip, a long hairless tail, and white, gray and black fur.
Are there black opossums?
Description. Virginia Opossums are about the size of a small dog, their fur generally appears grayish but they can be black, cinnamon and even albino.
What type of animal is a opossum?
marsupial
Possums are a suborder of 70 tree-living marsupial species native to Australia and the Indonesian islands of New Guinea and Sulawesi. While their names are similar and both are marsupials, possums and opossums are different creatures.
What is Opossum Kingdom?
Animal
Opossum/Kingdom
Why are possums the only marsupial in North America?
Summary: Scientists have traced the evolution of the modern opossum back to the extinction of the dinosaurs and found evidence to support North America as the center of origin for all living marsupials.