Common opossum

This opossum is found in tropical and subtropical forest, both primary and secondary, at altitudes up to 2200 m.[2] They use a wide range of nest sites.Most commonly they will create one in the hollow of a tree; however, they will also dig a burrow or nest in any dark location if nothing else is suitable (which often gets them in trouble with humans).With a body length of nearly a foot, and a tail that can reach almost two feet, the common opossum is one of the larger members of its family.Raiding trash cans, nesting in locations that are not suitable, and causing mayhem if encountered within a human living space, they are often trapped and killed.[6] Common opossums have a broad ability to adapt to environmental changes, and their teeth allow them to eat many different types of food, which is obtained mostly on the ground.
Skeleton, Natural History Museum of Genoa
Virginia opossumPossum (disambiguation)CaracasConservation statusLeast ConcernIUCN 3.1Scientific classificationEukaryotaAnimaliaChordataMammaliaMarsupialiaDidelphimorphiaDidelphidaeDidelphisBinomial nameLinnaeusSynonymsmarsupialMexicoBoliviaPacific OceanTrinidad and TobagoCaribbeanprimarysecondaryhouse catnocturnalarborealacanthocephalanGigantorhynchus lutzibeetlesgrasshoppersearthwormscane toadsSouth American rattlesnakeslance-tailed manakinsshrew opossumsWilson, D.E.IUCN Red List of Threatened SpeciesBibcodeAnimal Diversity WebDidelphimorphia (opossums)CaluromyinaeCaluromysBare-tailed woolly opossum (C. philander)Derby's woolly opossum (C. derbianus)Brown-eared woolly opossum (C. lanatus)CaluromysiopsBlack-shouldered opossum (C. irrupta)DidelphinaeChacodelphysChacoan pygmy opossum (C. formosa)ChironectesWater opossum (C. minimus)CryptonanusAgricola's gracile opossum (C. agricolai)Chacoan gracile opossum (C. chacoensis)Guahiba gracile opossum (C. guahybae)Unduavi gracile opossum (C. unduaviensis)White-eared opossum (D. albiventris)Big-eared opossum (D. aurita)Guianan white-eared opossum (D. imperfecta)Andean white-eared opossum (D. pernigra)Virginia opossum (D. virginiana)GracilinanusAceramarca gracile opossum (G. aceramarcae)Agile gracile opossum (G. agilis)Wood sprite gracile opossum (G. dryas)Emilia's gracile opossum (G. emilae)Northern gracile opossum (G. marica)Brazilian gracile opossum (G. microtarsus)LestodelphysPatagonian opossum (L. halli)LutreolinaBig lutrine opossum (L. crassicaudata)Massoia's lutrine opossum (L. massoia))MarmosaAdler's mouse opossum (M. adleri)Alston's mouse opossum (M. alstoni)Heavy-browed mouse opossum (M. andersoni)White-bellied woolly mouse opossum (M. constantiae)Woolly mouse opossum (M. demerarae)Isthmian mouse opossum (M. isthmica)Rufous mouse opossum (M. lepida)Quechuan mouse opossum (M. macrotarsus)Mexican mouse opossum (M. mexicana)Linnaeus's mouse opossum (M. murina)Tate's woolly mouse opossum (M. paraguayanus)Little woolly mouse opossum (M. phaeus)Bare-tailed woolly mouse opossum (M. regina)Robinson's mouse opossum (M. robinsoni)Red mouse opossum (M. rubra)Tyler's mouse opossum (M. tyleriana)Waterhouse's mouse opossum (M. waterhousei)Guajira mouse opossum (M. xerophila)MarmosopsBishop's slender opossum (M. bishopi)Carr's slender opossum (M. carri)Cauca slender opossum (M. caucae)Narrow-headed slender opossum (M. cracens)Creighton's slender opossum (M. creightoni)Dorothy's slender opossum (M. dorothea)Dusky slender opossum (M. fuscatus)Handley's slender opossum (M. handleyi)Tschudi's slender opossum (M. impavidus)Gray slender opossum (M. incanus)Panama slender opossum (M. invictus)Junin slender opossum (M. juninensis)Neblina slender opossum (M. neblina)White-bellied slender opossum (M. noctivagus)Spectacled slender opossum (M. ocellatus)Pantepui slender opossum (M. pakaraimae)Delicate slender opossum (M. parvidens)Brazilian slender opossum (M. paulensis)Pinheiro's slender opossum (M. pinheiroi)MetachirusCommon brown four-eyed opossum (M. myosuros)Guianan brown four-eyed opossum (M. nudicaudatus)MonodelphisSepia short-tailed opossum (M. adusta)Northern three-striped opossum (M. americana)Northern red-sided opossum (M. brevicaudata)Yellow-sided opossum (M. dimidiata)Gray short-tailed opossum (M. domestica)Emilia's short-tailed opossum (M. emiliae)Gardner's short-tailed opossum (M. gardneri)Amazonian red-sided opossum (M. glirina)Handley's short-tailed opossum (M. handleyi)Ihering's three-striped opossum (M. iheringi)Pygmy short-tailed opossum (M. kunsi)Osgood's short-tailed opossum (M. osgoodi)Hooded red-sided opossum (M. palliolata)Peruvian short-tailed opossum (M. peruviana)Long-nosed short-tailed opossum (M. pinocchio)Reig's opossum (M. reigi)Ronald's opossum (M. ronaldi)Saci short-tailed opossum (M. saci)Long-nosed short-tailed opossum (M. scalops)One-striped opossum (M. unistriata)PhilanderAnderson's four-eyed opossum (P. andersoni)Common four-eyed opossum (P. canus)Deltaic four-eyed opossum (P. deltae)Southeastern four-eyed opossum (P. frenatus)McIlhenny's four-eyed opossum (P. mcilhennyi)Dark four-eyed opossum (P. melanurus)Black four-eyed opossum (P. nigratus)Mondolfi's four-eyed opossum (P. mondolfii)Olrog's four-eyed opossum (P. olrogi)Gray four-eyed opossum (P. opossum)Pebas four-eyed opossum (P. pebas)Southern four-eyed opossum (P. quica)Northern four-eyed opossum (P. vossi)ThylamysCinderella fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. cinderella)Elegant fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. elegans)Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. karimii)Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. macrurus)White-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pallidior)Common fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. pusillus)Argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. sponsorius)Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. tatei)Dwarf fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. velutinus)Buff-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum (T. venustus)TlacuatzinTehuantepec gray mouse opossum (T. canescens)GlironiinaeGlironiaBushy-tailed opossum (G. venusta)HyladelphinaeHyladelphysKalinowski's mouse opossum (H. kalinowskii)WikidataWikispeciesiNaturalistObservation.orgOpen Tree of LifePaleobiology Database