MSL, Order Didelphimorpha

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ORDER DIDELPHIMORPHIA

Family DIDELPHIDAE - New World opossums

Caluromys derbianus - Wooly opossum - Central & South America
  • 8 Oblique view of captive, Nat. Zool. Park, Washington, D. C., USA. (contrib. by J F Eisenberg)

    Caluromys philander - Bare-tailed woolly opossum
  • 1395 Female, Rancho Grande, Parque Nacional Henry Pittier, Limon, Araqua, Venezuela, 1984. R D Lord

    Chironectes minimus - Water opossum - Central & South America
  • 484 Side view, Ybycui, Paraguay, 1979. P Myers
  • 485 Close-up of webbed hind feet, Costa Rica, 1971. P Myers

    Didelphis albiventris - White-eared opossum - South America
  • 5 Dorsal view, Paraguay. P Myers
  • 631 Side view of adult male in tree, Pilimbala, Departamento Cauca, Columbia, 1971. C H Tyndale-Biscoe

    Didelphis marsupialis - Southern or black-eared opossum - Central & South America
  • 479 Side view, Curuguaty, Paraguay, 1979. P Myers
  • 632 Side view of female in tree, Cali, Departamento Valle, Colombia, 1971. C H Tyndale-Biscoe
  • 633 Seven-day old young attached to nipple, Cali, Departamento Valle, Colombia, 1971. C H Tyndale-Biscoe
  • 634 Four 20-day-old pouch young attached to nipples, Cali, Departamento Valle, Colombia, 1971. C H Tyndale-Biscoe
  • 635 Ventral view of 0.15 g neonate, showing deciduous claws, Cali, Departamento Valle, Colombia, 1971. C H Tyndale-Biscoe

    Didelphis virginiana - Virginia opossum - North America
  • 3 Side view, Clarion, PA, 1969. G L Twiest
  • 4 Oblique view of female carrying half-grown young, Montgomery County, TE, 1968. D H Snyder
  • 630 Side view of adult, Boone, NC, 1979. R W Van Devender
  • 828 View of individual "playing possum" in response to presence of dog, Oswego, NY, USA, 1983. P G Weber
  • 829 Close-up of individual "playing possum" in response to presence of dog, Oswego, NY, USA, 1983. P G Weber
  • 830 Opossum arousing from "playing possum", Oswego, NY, USA, 1983. P G Weber

    Gracilinanus agilis - Agile mouse opossum - W-C South America
  • 480 Side view, hand-held, Tobati, Paraguay, 1978. P Myers

    Lutreolina crassicaudata - Thick-tailed opossum - South America E. of Andes
  • 483 Side view, Curuguaty, Paraguay, 1979. P Myers

    Marmosa robinsoni - Mouse opossum - South America
  • 7 Side view of captive, Nat. Zool. Park, Washington, D. C. USA. (contributed by J F Eisenberg)

    Marmosops fuscatus - Mouse opossum - South America
  • 6 Side view, Michranda, Parque Nacional Guatopo, Venezuela, 1977, P V August

    Marmosops impavidus - Pale mouse opossum - South America
  • 636 Close-up of captive female, Cali, Colombia, 1971. C H Tyndale-Biscoe
  • 637 Female with eight young attached, Pichinde, Departamento Vallee, Colombia, 1971. C H Tyndale-Biscoe

    Micoureus demerarae - Ashy mouse opossum - Tropical Central & South America
  • 481 Side view, near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1980. S F Reis and M V Dellape

    Monodelphis brevicaudata - Red-sided short-tailed opossum
  • 1396 Male, Gran Sabana, Bolivar, Venezuela, 1984. R D Lord

    Philander opossum - Gray four-eyed opossum - Central & South America
  • 482 Group in captivity, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago, IL, USA, 1973. M A Rosenthal
  • 638 Side view of female using prehensile tail in tree, Departamento Valle, Colombia, 1971. C H Tyndale-Biscoe

    Thylamys elegans - Mouse opossum - South America
  • 335 Front view, also showing back and tail, Santiago, Chile, 1973. P L Meserve

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