Common Opossum
Didelphis marsupialis
The common opossum inhabits forests, woodland edges, plantations, and gardens across much of tropical America. It is a mostly solitary, nocturnal climber that shelters in tree hollows, dense vegetation, or abandoned burrows. An omnivorous diet includes fruit, insects, small vertebrates, eggs, and carrion. When threatened, it may bare its teeth, hiss, and sometimes become limp in a convincing display of death.
- Type
- Fang
- Conservation status
- LC
Growth chain
- Common Opossum Joey
- Common Opossum