The Virginia Opossum, scientific name Didelphis virginiana, is the only Marsupials of North America.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2008-10-01] Reference

M. Gervais states that the Didelphis crancrivora is found there.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journal of researches into the geology and natural history of the various countries visited by H.M.S. Beagle] Reference

Gardner, A.L. (1983) Didelphis marsupialis, in Janzen, D.H. (1983) Costa Rican Natural History.    From Wordnik.com.  [Did You Know? "Tlacuaches" (opossums )] Reference

Rodents Thomomasomy spp. are highly evident and there are also opossum Didelphis marsupialis and coati Nasua nausua.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rio Abiseo National Park, Peru] Reference

This week's Animal Oddity is Heidi, the famous Virginia opossum Didelphis virginiana who lives at the Leipzig Zoo in Germany.    From Wordnik.com.  [David Mizejewski: Fat Eyes Make Opossum a Star] Reference

Common are the mongoose (Herpestes officinarum), agouti (Dasyprocta antillensis), opposum (Didelphis marsupialis), pig (Sus scrofa), and domestic cat and dog.    From Wordnik.com.  [Windward Islands dry forests] Reference

Other mammals in the area are the vizcachas (Lagostomus maximus), the cuis pampeano (Cavia aperea), the nutria (Myocastur coypus), and the opossum (Didelphis albiventris).    From Wordnik.com.  [Semi-arid Pampas] Reference

Commonly introduced mammals in this ecoregion are the mongoose (Herpestes officinarum), agouti (Dasyprocta antillensis), opposum (Didelphis marsupialis), pig (Sus scrofa), and domestic cat and dog.    From Wordnik.com.  [Windward Islands moist forests] Reference

However, there are many medium sized mammals including red fox Vulpes fulva, grey fox Urocyon cinereoargenteus, racoon Procyon lotor, opossum Didelphis marsupialis, woodchuck Marmota monax and bobcat Lynx rufus.    From Wordnik.com.  [Great Smoky Mountains National Park, United States] Reference

The Coiba Island agouti Dasyprocta coibae is endemic, as are the Coiba Island howler monkey Alouatta coibensis (EN), mantled howler monkey A. palliata coibensis, an opossum Didelphis marsupialis and a white-tailed deer Odocoileus virginianus rothschildi.    From Wordnik.com.  [Coiba National Park and its Special Zone of Marine Protection, Panama] Reference

Note: possum, opossum, any of a family (Didelphidae) of American marsupials that usually have a pointed snout and prehensile tail; especially: a common omnivorous largely nocturnal and arboreal mammal (Didelphis virginiana) of North America having grayish to blackish fur with white on the cheeks.    From Wordnik.com.  [Albert Collins Lyrics] Reference

Other mammals that have a restricted distribution include several opossums (Didelphis albiventris, Lutreolina crassicaudata, and Marmosa robinsoni), bats (Pteronotus davyi, Lonchorhina fernandezi, and Sturnira ludovici), an endemic olingo (Bassaricyon beddardi), and endemic rodents (Sciurus flammifer, Proechimys hoplomyoides, and Dasyprocta guamara).    From Wordnik.com.  [Guayanan Highlands moist forests] Reference

Oligoryzomys fulvescens, Mus musculus, Reithrodontomys darienensis, and Didelphis marsupialis.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

Some mammals are restricted to this region of Amazonia; these include an endemic opossum (Marmosa tyleriana) and white-eared opossum (Didelphis albiventris), long-tailed weasels, pale-throated sloths and a great variety of bats (Diclidurus isabellus, Pteronotus personatus, Phyllostomus latifolius, Anoura geoffroyi, Glossophaga longirostris), an endemic rodent (Podoxymys roraimae), three climbing rats in the genus Rhipidomys, and two guinea pigs (Cavia).    From Wordnik.com.  [Tepuis] Reference

Opossum, Virginia Didelphis virginiana 180, 192.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Field Guide to Wildlife Habitats of the Eastern United States] Reference

Didelphis lemurina Shaw 1: 11.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference

Didelphis penicillata Shaw 1: 3.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference

Didelphis ursina Shaw 1: 15 6: 3.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference

Didelphis vulpina Shaw 1: 5 1: 10.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference

Didelphis.fiiandrici. (s.v. Falco).    From Wordnik.com.  [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference

Didelphis.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Voyage of Governor Phillip to Botany Bay With an Account of the Establishment of the Colonies of Port Jackson and Norfolk Island (1789)] Reference

Didelphis obesula Shaw.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference

Didelphis macrura Shaw.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference

Didelphis sciurea Shaw.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference

Didelphis pygmaea Shaw.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference

Didelphis ursina Harris.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference

Didelphis viverrina Shaw.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference

Didelphis peregrina Bodd.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference

Didelphis cynocephalus Harris.    From Wordnik.com.  [Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2] Reference

Didelphis mar'na.    From Wordnik.com.  [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference

Tväqvede, Didelphis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Naturgeschichte mit erklaerenden Anmerkungen] Reference