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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
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

  1. 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.
  2. Kerr, R. (1792). The animal kingdom, or zoological system, of the celebrated Sir Charles Linnaeus. Class I. Mammalia. <em>London.</em> 651 p.
  3. McManus, J. J. (1974). Didelphis virginiana. <em>Mammalian Species.</em> (40): 1. 10.2307/3503783
  4. Nowak, Ronald M., 1991: null. Walker's Mammals of the World, vol. 1, 5th ed.. 1629.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
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