One of the 5 opossums on WAnimals
Mammals · Didelphimorphia · Didelphidae
Didelphis marsupialis
The species is abundant and widely distributed; it faces no significant short-term risk.
It has one of the shortest gestations of any mammal, barely 12 to 15 days, after which the tiny young must climb unaided to its mother's pouch.
Weight
up to 1.5 kg
Life expectancy
2 years
Diet
Omnivore
Combines animal and plant food depending on availability.
Activity
Nocturnal
Active mainly at night.
Social structure
Solitary
Lives and hunts alone, joining others only to breed.
AI-generated images: illustrations, not photographs.
Sources consulted: PMC (hematology reference intervals study) · Animal Diversity Web · Wikipedia (Common opossum) · PMC (opossum food medicine Amazon study) · AnAge (genomics.senescence.info) · Animalia.bio · Britannica
Parks and dive sites where this species has been documented — showing 10 of 22.
Other species in the catalogue with the most in common with Common Opossum — same habitat, park, country, tags or family.
Based on what we already know about common opossum.
The pins mark the parks where its presence is documented.
