common opossum
black-eared opossum
didelphis marsupialis latin

The common opossum is similar in size to a house cat.

The common opossum is sometimes used for food in poorer areas by humans.

The common opossum lives for around 2.5 years.

The Common Opossum, locally known as "manicou", can usually only be seen at the end of the dry season.

These types of fauna include rabbits, hares, ringtails, and the common opossum.

Five species of American opossums have been recorded, including the Mexican mouse, the gray four-eyed, and the common opossum.

Common Opossum (Didelphis marsupialis)

Common opossums have a broad ability to adapt to environmental changes, and their teeth allow them to eat many different types of food, which is obtained mostly on the ground.

Mammals found in the area include: Tapeti, Jaguarundi, Crab-eating Fox, Common Opossum.

With a body length of nearly a foot, and a tail that can reach almost two feet, the common opossum is one of the larger members of its family.

Didelphimorphia (common opossums of the Western Hemisphere) first appeared in the late Cretaceous and still have living representatives, probably because they are mostly semi-arboreal unspecialized omnivores.

In Dominica, Grenada, and Trinidad the Common Opossum or manicou is popular and can only be hunted during certain times of the year owing to overhunting.

Mammals found there include Common Opossum, Pallas's Long-tongued Bat, Common Vampire Bat, Tapeti, Capybara, and Nine-banded Armadillo.

Of these, the Common Opossum, Didelphis marsupialis, which was originally introduced to Grenada by Amerindians, is a potential predator of all life stages of the Grenada Dove, and other manicou species (Marmosa spp.)

This species, which was considered a population of the Common Opossum (D. marsupialis) for some time, was originally described as D. azarae by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1824, but this name was incorrectly given to the White-eared Opossum (D. albiventris) for over 160 years.

Of these, the Common Opossum, Didelphis marsupialis, which was originally introduced to Grenada by Amerindians, is a potential predator of all life stages of the Grenada Dove, and other manicou species (Marmosa spp.)