Directory of Didelphidae Resources

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The Didelphidae (Didelphimorphia), consisting of 60 or so species, mainly in Central and South America, with one species, the Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana), in northern North America.

Resources in This Category

• Anderson's Mouse Opossum (Marmosa andersoni)

  http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=26
  Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.

• Bushy-tailed Opossum (Glironia venusta)

  http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=92
  Information on this endangered species from South America.

• Bushy-tailed Opossum: Glironia venusta

  http://www.arkive.org/bushy-tailed-opossum/glironia-venusta/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Gracile Mouse Opossum (Gracilinanus aceramarcae)

  http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=35
  Fact sheet from EDGE, a conservation organization that focuses specifically on threatened species that represent a significant amount of unique evolutionary history.

• Handley's Slender Mouse Opossum (Marmosops handleyi)

  http://www.edgeofexistence.org/mammals/species_info.php?id=69
  Information on this critically endangered species.

• Living with Wildlife: Opossums

  http://wdfw.wa.gov/living/opossums.html
  The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife provides information on the Virginia opossum and its interactions with humans.

• Opossum Society of the United States

  http://www.opossumsocietyus.org/
  Non-profit wildlife rehabilitation and educational organization dedicated to providing care for injured and orphaned wild opossums.

• Opossum: Our Marvelous Marsupial, the Social Loner

  http://www.wildliferescueleague.org/pdf/opossum6.pdf
  Article by Erika Yery providing a personal look at the opossum.

• Patagonian Opossum: Lestodelphys halli

  http://www.arkive.org/patagonian-opossum/lestodelphys-halli/
  Photographs and information from ARKive including classification, status, description, range, habitat, biology, threats and conservation.

• Shrewish Short-tailed Opossum: Monodelphis sorex

  http://www.arkive.org/shrewish-short-tailed-opossum/monodelphis-sorex/
  Factsheet from ARKive with photograph, description, range, habitat, biology and conservation.

• Virginia Opossum (Didelphis virginiana)

  http://www.nsrl.ttu.edu/tmot1/didevirg.htm
  Description, photograph, distribution and habits, from the Mammals of Texas.

 

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