🐀Virginia opossum
Oppossum ya da Kuzey keseli sıçanı (Didelphis virginiana), Kuzey Amerika'da Rio Grande Nehri'nin kuzeyinde bulunan bir keseli sıçan türü. Tek başına yaşayan ve bir kedi büyüklüğünde olan bir hayvandır; fırsatçılığıyla ünlüdür. Cinsindeki en büyük tür ve diğer keseli sıçanların en büyüğüdür. Genellikle 38–51 cm. uzunluğunda, 4–6 kg ağırlığndadır. Tüyleri grimsi kahverengi, yüzleri beyazdır. keseli sıçanların uzun tüyleri ve tutunucu kuyrukları vardır. Kuyruklarıyla küçük nesneleri taşıyabilirler. Kulakları tüysüzdür, uzun ve burunları sivridir. 50 tane dişleri bulunur.
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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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