Species Profile
Didelphis marsupialis
Common opossum
KingdomAnimalia
PhylumChordata
ClassMammalia
OrderUnknown
FamilyUnknown
Introduction
Lives in forests and urban areas.
Nocturnal and opportunistic feeder.
Controls pests.
Size & Structure
01
Long naked tail
02
Grey fur
03
Sharp snout
04
Climbing limbs
Didelphis marsupialis — 3D Model
General Features
- Coelom
- True coelom
- Body plan
- Tube within a tube body plan (Protostomous)
- Germ layer
- Triploblastic
- Metamerism
- Absent
- Body symmetry
- Bilateral symmetry
- Fertilization
- Internal
- Digestion type
- Complete
- Nervous system
- Well-developed brain and spinal cord
- Excretory organ
- Kidneys
- Body temperature
- Homeothermic
- Circulatory type
- Closed circulation, double
- Development type
- Direct
- Respiratory type
- Lungs
- Mode of excretion
- Uricotelism
- Circulation system
- Closed
- Skeleton structure
- Endoskeleton
- Level of Organisation
- Organ level
- Regulation of Osmosis
- Osmoregulator
Ecology
Scavenger
Pest control
Seed dispersal
Economic Importance
Research use
Urban ecology studies
Educational importance