🐀Virginia opossum
Didelphis virginiana est une espèce de Didelphidae qui possède de nombreux noms vernaculaires en français, tels qu'Opossum de Virginie, Opossum d'Amérique, Sarigue d'Amérique du Nord, rat de bois (en français louisianais), Sarigue de Virginie ou Opossum d'Amérique du Nord. Il s'agit de la plus grande espèce des Didelphidae. C'est le seul marsupial que l'on peut trouver au nord du Mexique. Son aire de répartition comprend la côte ouest des États-Unis et tout l'est des États-Unis jusqu'au sud de l'Ontario et du Québec au Canada et jusqu'au Costa Rica en Amérique centrale. Il est chassé pour sa chair et sa fourrure.
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IUCN Red List assessment, 2016.
- Body mass
- 1.41 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 Virginia opossum
Typical adult figures. Where a value is an estimate rather than a measurement, it says so.
Body mass1.41 kgCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 3 kgAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Body length0.4 mCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Brain mass7.32 gCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Maximum lifespan7 yearsCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 6.6 yearsAnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Generation length2.04 yearsCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Age at maturity226 daysCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Gestation12 daysCOMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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Litter sizeabout 7COMBINEOther figures ↓Hide ↑
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- 15AnAgeAnAge build 15, 2023-07-03 (HAGR)data quality: acceptable
Trophic levelOmnivoreCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Activity cycleNocturnalCOMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Home range0.58 km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Population density6.15 per km²COMBINEDetails ↓Hide ↑
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Volume l1.4 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 Virginia opossum yet: shoulder height, top speed, bite force.
Family tree
- kingdomAnimalia
- ›phylumChordata
- ›classMammalia
- ›orderDidelphimorphia
- ›familyDidelphidae
- ›genusDidelphis
- ›speciesDidelphis virginiana
- 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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