Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758

Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 54.

Type Locality: "America;" restricted to Surinam (Thomas, 1911 a) .

Vernacular Names: Common Opossum.

Subspecies::

Subspecies Didelphis marsupialis subsp. marsupialis Linnaeus 1758

Subspecies Didelphis marsupialis subsp. caucae J. A. Allen 1900

Distribution: Tamaulipas, México, south throughout Central and South America to Perú, Bolivia, and Brazil.

Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc).

Discussion: Middle American populations were revised by Gardner (1973); Cerqueira (1985) treated the species as monotypic; carcinophaga Boddaert, 1784, is an invalid emendation of karkinophaga Zimmermann.