- Big-eared Opossum
]
status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=New World Marsupial Specialist Group|year=1996|id=40500|title=Didelphis aurita|downloaded=12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern]
regnum =Animalia
phylum =Chordata
classis =Mammal ia
ordo =Didelphimorphia
familia =Didelphidae
subfamilia =Didelphinae
genus = "Didelphis "
species = "D. aurita"
binomial = "Didelphis aurita"
binomial_authority = Wied-Neuwied, 1826The Big-eared Opossum ("Didelphis aurita") is an
opossum species fromSouth America . It is found inArgentina ,Brazil andParaguay .This species, which was considered a population of the
Common Opossum ("D. marsupialis") for some time, was originally described as "D. azarae" byCoenraad Jacob Temminck in 1824, but this name was incorrectly given to theWhite-eared Opossum ("D. albiventris") for over 160 years. As such, the name "azarae" has been abandoned.References
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