Southern Opossum
Didelphis marsupialis
- Least concern
- Card rarity: Common
- Mammals
The common opossum, also called the northern black-eared opossum, is a species of marsupial living from the northeast of Mexico to Bolivia, including Trinidad and Tobago as well as the Windward Islands in the Caribbean, where it is referred to as the manicou. The common opossum prefers forests, but can also be found in fields and cities.
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Didelphimorphia
- Family
- Didelphidae
- Genus
- Didelphis