Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792

Virginia Opossum

CLASSIFICATION

Main Group: Animal

Sublevel 1: Vertebrate

Sublevel 2: Mammal

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Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Didelphimorphia

Family: Didelphidae

Genus: Didelphis

Species: Didelphis virginiana

STATUS IN NEW ENGLAND

Origin: Native

Invasive, Pest, or Pathogen?: No

Rarity Designations: None

BIOLOGY/ECOLOGY

Feeding Type: Heterotroph

HABITAT

PHOTOS OF Didelphis virginiana

Didelphis virginiana — In a suburban backyard
Essex County, MA
Date: 2016-01-29

Didelphis virginiana — By a water bowl, in a suburban backyard
Essex County, MA
Date: 2018-07-14

Didelphis virginiana — Pregnant individual, in a suburban backyard
Essex County, MA
Date: 2017-08-10

Didelphis virginiana — In a suburban backyard
Essex County, MA
Date: 2015-12-28

Didelphis virginiana — In a suburban backyard
Essex County, MA
Date: 2018-08-08

Didelphis virginiana — In a suburban backyard
Essex County, MA
Date: 2018-08-24

Didelphis virginiana — In a suburban backyard
Essex County, MA
Date: 2018-10-16

Didelphis virginiana — Tracks
Essex County, MA
Date: 2017-01-25

Didelphis virginiana — Tracks
Essex County, MA
Date: 2017-01-25

Didelphis virginiana — Tracks
Essex County, MA
Date: 2014-02-04

Didelphis virginiana — Tracks
Essex County, MA
Date: 2014-02-04