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The generic name (Didelphis) is derived from Ancient Greek: di, "two", and delphus, "womb". [9] The possums of Australia, whose name derives from their similarity to the American species, are also marsupials, but of the order Diprotodontia. The Virginia opossum is known in Mexico as tlacuache, tacuachi, and tlacuachi, from the Nahuatl word ...
The word opossum is derived from the Powhatan language and was first recorded between 1607 and 1611 by John Smith (as opassom) and William Strachey (as aposoum). [5] Possum was first recorded in 1613.
This list of mammals in Pennsylvania consists of 66 species currently believed to occur wild in the state. This excludes feral domesticated species such as feral cats and dogs . Several species recently lived wild in Pennsylvania, but are now extirpated (locally, but not globally, extinct).
Genus Didelphis. White-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris) Big-eared opossum (Didelphis aurita) Guianan white-eared opossum (Didelphis imperfecta) Common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis) Andean white-eared opossum (Didelphis pernigra) Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) Tribe Thylamyini. Genus Chacodelphys. Chacoan pygmy opossum ...
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The Didelphinae are a subfamily of opossums consisting of 15 genera and 123 species. [2] [3] [4] Specimens have been collected throughout the Americas, but are predominant in South and Central America.
Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana). Didelphimorphia is an order of marsupial mammals.Members of this order are called didelphimorphs, or opossums.They are primarily found in South America, though some are found in Central America and Mexico and one, the Virginia opossum, ranges into the United States and Canada.
The Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana) The eastern coyote (Canis latrans var.) is expanding its range in West Virginia. The American, or northern, short-tailed shrew (Blarina brevicauda) The woodland vole (Microtus pinetorum) The snowshoe hare (Lepus americanus), typical of Canada, reaches its southernmost distribution in West Virginia.