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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thetribe Didelphini — the large American opossums.
Etymologies
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Examples
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The Virginia Opossum, scientific name Didelphis virginiana, is the only Marsupials of North America.
Urban Wildlife Watch: Opossums DNLee 2008
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The Virginia Opossum, scientific name Didelphis virginiana, is the only Marsupials of North America.
Archive 2008-10-01 DNLee 2008
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This week's Animal Oddity is Heidi, the famous Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana who lives at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany.
David Mizejewski: Fat Eyes Make Opossum a Star David Mizejewski 2011
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Albertus Seba, Volume I, Plate 39; 1 'Didelphis marsupialis', Southern common opossum, credit: Taschen
Jane Chafin: Is the Art World's One Percent Unraveling? A Fantastic Cabinet of Natural Curiosities Jane Chafin 2011
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Albertus Seba, Volume I, Plate 39; 1 'Didelphis marsupialis', Southern common opossum, credit: Taschen
Jane Chafin: Is the Art World's One Percent Unraveling? A Fantastic Cabinet of Natural Curiosities Jane Chafin 2011
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This week's Animal Oddity is Heidi, the famous Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana who lives at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany.
David Mizejewski: Fat Eyes Make Opossum a Star David Mizejewski 2011
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Gardner, A.L. (1983) Didelphis marsupialis, in Janzen, D.H. (1983) Costa Rican Natural History.
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The common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis) is sometimes divided into two distinct races: the white-cheeked Virginia opossum (D. virginiana), in the U.S., northern and western Mexico; and the dark-cheeked Mexican opossum (D. mesoamericana), found further south.
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Gardner, A.L. (1983) Didelphis marsupialis, in Janzen, D.H. (1983) Costa Rican Natural History.
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The common opossum (Didelphis marsupialis) is sometimes divided into two distinct races: the white-cheeked Virginia opossum (D. virginiana), in the U.S., northern and western Mexico; and the dark-cheeked Mexican opossum (D. mesoamericana), found further south.
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