Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792

Braun, Janet K., Mares, Michael A., Coyner, Brandi S. & Loucks, Lynda S., 2020, New Records Of Mammals From Oklahoma, Occasional Papers of the Museum 364, pp. 1-24 : 2-3

Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792

Virginia Opossum

The distribution of D. virginiana includes all of

Oklahoma, although no specimens are known for 14 counties, and four counties are represented by observational records only ( Caire et al. 1989; Stangl et al. 1992; Braun and Revelez 2005; Roehrs et al. 2008; Caire et al. 2010). New county records are reported for the counties of Canadian, Kiowa, Logan, Mayes, and Nowata.

Specimen records (11). — Canadian County (4): 9204 NW 100th St , Yukon, 1 ( OMNH 65384 ) ; 0.8 km W Czech Hall Rd on Reno Ave , Yukon, 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 3379 ) ; Clear Springs Rd and SW 89 th St , Mustang, 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 3672 ) ; Morgan Rd , 0.8 km N of Edmond Rd, 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 4166 ) . Kiowa County (1): 1.6 km N, 5.6 km W Mountain Park , 423 m, 34°42'30.0600"N, - 099°00'33.0840"W, 1 ( OMNH 65848 ) . Logan County (4): 9.7 km N Edmond, 2.8 km E of Boulevard St, 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 2792 ) ; 9.7 km N, 3.2 km W Edmond , 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 2793 ) ; 10774 Coyote Cir, Arcadia , 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 4390 ) ; Santa Fe Ave, N of Simmons Rd, S of Charter Oak Rd , 35°44'51.5100"N, - 097°30'53.1900"W, 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 7029 ) . Mayes County (1): group camp site, Lake Eufaula State Park , 35°23'57.93"N, 95°36'51.50"W, 191.4 m, 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 7165 ) . Nowata County (1): 8 km W Lenapah , 1 ( UCOCV-MAM 4520 ) .