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Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792
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Dataset
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GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
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Rank
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SPECIES
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Published in
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Kerr, R. (1792). The animal kingdom, or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. <em>London.</em> 651 p.
Classification
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kingdom
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Animalia
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phylum
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Chordata
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class
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Mammalia
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order
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Didelphimorphia
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family
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Didelphidae
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genus
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Didelphis
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species
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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
- North American opossum in language.
- Opossum De Virginie in English
- Opossum de Virginie in English
- 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 language.
- Virginia opossum in English
- Virginia opossum in language.
- Virginia-Opossum in English
- Virginia-Opossum in English
- Virginisches Opossum in German
- Zarigieya De Virginia in English
- Zarigieya de Virginia in English
- opossum d'Amérique in French
- opossum d'Amérique in French
- Virginia Opossum in English
- Sarigue de Virginie in French
Bibliographic References
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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.
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Kerr, R. (1792). The animal kingdom, or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. <em>London.</em> 651 p.
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McManus, J. J. (1974). Didelphis virginiana. <em>Mammalian Species.</em> (40): 1.
10.2307/3503783
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Nowak, Ronald M., 1991: null. Walker's Mammals of the World, vol. 1, 5th ed.. 1629.
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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.
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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.