Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792
- Dataset
- GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
- Rank
- SPECIES
- Published in
- Kerr, R. (1792). The animal kingdom, or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. <em>London.</em> 651 p.
Classification
- kingdom
- Animalia
- phylum
- Chordata
- class
- Mammalia
- order
- Didelphimorphia
- family
- Didelphidae
- genus
- Didelphis
- species
- Didelphis virginiana
Name
- Synonyms
- Didelphis marsupialis virginiana (Kerr, 1792)
- Homonyms
- Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792
- Common names
- North American Opossum in English
- North American Opossum in English
- Opossum De Virginie in English
- Opossum de Virginie in French
- Tlacuache norteño in Spanish
- Tlacuache norteño in Spanish
- Virginia Opossum in English
- Virginia Opossum in English
- Virginia Opossum in English
- Virginia Opossum in English
- Virginia Opossum in English
- Virginia Opossum in English
- Virginia opossum in English
- Virginia opossum in language.
- Virginia-Opossum in German
- Virginisches Opossum in German
- Zarigieya De Virginia in English
- Zarigieya de Virginia in language.
- opossum d'Amérique in French
- opossum d'Amérique in French
- Virginia Opossum in English
- Sarigue de Virginie in French
Bibliographic References
- Banks, R. C., R. W. McDiarmid, and A. L. Gardner, 1987: Checklist of Vertebrates of the United States, the U.S. Territories, and Canada. Resource Publication, no. 166. 79.
- Kerr, R. (1792). The animal kingdom, or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. <em>London.</em> 651 p.
- McManus, J. J. (1974). Didelphis virginiana. <em>Mammalian Species.</em> (40): 1. 10.2307/3503783
- Nowak, Ronald M., 1991: null. Walker's Mammals of the World, vol. 1, 5th ed.. 1629.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 1992: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 2nd ed., 3rd printing. xviii + 1207.
- Wilson, Don E., and DeeAnn M. Reeder, eds., 2005: null. Mammal Species of the World: A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference, 3rd ed., vols. 1 & 2. 2142.