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Woodall's Slender Opossum
Marmosops woodalli
Classification
- Class
- Mammalia
- Order
- Didelphimorphia
- Family
- Didelphidae
Opossums () are members of the marsupial order Didelphimorphia () endemic to the Americas. The largest order of marsupials in the Western Hemisphere, it comprises 126 species in 18 genera. Opossums originated in South America and entered North America in the Great American Interchange following the connection of North and South America in the late Cenozoic.
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Distribution
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Countries in the Picchu catalog
Sources and credits
DescriptionOpossum, Wikipedia contributorsMore from the same family
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DidelphidaePygmy Opossum
Chacodelphys formosa
DidelphidaeWater Opossum
Chironectes minimus
DidelphidaeAgricola s Gracile Opossum
Cryptonanus agricolai
DidelphidaeChacoan Mouse Opossum
Cryptonanus chacoensis
DidelphidaeCryptonanus guahybae
Cryptonanus guahybae
Didelphidae