Common Opossum
Didelphis marsupialis
- Class
- Mammal
- Rarity
- Common
- Observations
- 2,432
- Most observed in
- 🇨🇴 Colombia
- Conservation
- Least Concern
Description
The common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis), also called the northern black-eared opossum, is a species of marsupial living from the northeast of Mexico to Bolivia (reaching the coast of the South Pacific Ocean to the central coast of Peru), 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.
Summary adapted from the Wikipedia article “Common opossum”.