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🐀Common opossum
La zarigüeya común, llamado vulgarmente tlacuache común, rabipelado, fara, tacuazín, chucha orejinegra, zorro pelón, zorro cola pelada, guanchaca, raspicuí, runcho o guazalo (Didelphis marsupialis) es una especie de marsupial didelfimorfo de la familia Didelphidae que se distribuye desde el este de México, en Norteamérica, hasta el norte de Brasil, Bolivia y Perú en Sudamérica. En México se le ha observado en 26 de los 32 estados del país (las excepciones son Baja California, Baja California Sur, Durango, Zacatecas, Colima, y Tlaxcala). En dicho país, la NOM-059-SEMARNAT-2010 no considera a este mamífero terrestre en sus listas de especies en riesgo. La UICN 2019-1 considera su estado de conservación como de Preocupación menor.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2021.
- Body mass
- 1.15 kg
- Body length
- 0.4 m
- Shoulder height
- not recorded
- Top speed
- not recorded
- Bite force
- not recorded
- Maximum lifespan
- 7 years
Everything we know about the Common opossum
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.15 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 1.53 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.4 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass6.33 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan7 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 4.2 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length1.35 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity201 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation14 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 12 daysAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Litter sizeabout 6COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 6AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.17 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density105 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1.1 LaverageDetails ↓Hide ↑
Body mass at ~1.0 kg/L, the density of vertebrate tissue.
average = a mean across sexes or species in a group.
Not recorded for Common opossum yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderDidelphimorphia
- ›familyDidelphidae
- ›genusDidelphis
- ›speciesDidelphis marsupialis
- classMammals · Mammalia
- familyDidelphidae
- subfamilyDidelphinae
- genusDidelphis
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- kingdomMetazoa
- phylumChordata
- subphylumCraniata
- subphylumVertebrata
- superclassGnathostomata
- superclassSarcopterygii
- superclassTetrapoda
- classMammals · Mammalia
- subclassTheria
- orderDidelphimorphia
- familyDidelphidae
- subfamilyDidelphinae
- genusDidelphis
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