Opossum Facts: Name and History
COMMON NAME:
SCIENTIFIC NAME:
KINGDOM: |
| Animalia |
PHYLUM: |
| Chordata |
SUBPHYLUM: |
| Vertebrata |
CLASS: |
| Mamalia |
ORDER: |
| Marsupialia |
FAMILY: |
| Didelphidae |
GENUS: |
| Didelphis |
SPECIES: |
| marsupialis |
SUBSPECIES: |
| virgininanus |
HISTORY:
- The opossum is North America's only marsupial.
- The opossum has been around for 70-80 million years, which makes it one of the world's oldest surviving mammals.
- Opossums came to North America around 10,000 years ago.
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