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Southern Opossum - Didelphis marsupialis - Zuidelijke Opossum
Lowland forests and regrowth areas of Northeast-Mexico to Peru and Bolivia.
The following 7 subspecies are being recognized:
Didelphis marsupialis tabascensis - South-Mexico to Belize, Guatemala and Nicaragua;
Didelphis marsupialis etensis - Pacific coast Costa Rica south to North-Peru;
Didelphis marsupialis battyi - Coiba Island, Panama;
Didelphis marsupialis caucae - Southwest-Colombia;
Didelphis marsupialis colombica - East-Colombia and North-Venezuela;
Didelphis marsupialis insularis - Carribean, Trinidad and Lesser Antilles;
Didelphis marsupialis marsupialis - Venezuela, Guyana and Amazonian Brazil.
Of this species there are no Zoo Photo's available.