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Characteristics
53 related topics
Classification
American Society of MammalogistsBushy-tailed opossumCaluromysBare-tailed woolly opossumDerby's woolly opossum
187 related topics
Evolution
19 related topics
Hunting and foodways
17 related topics
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Overview
Etymology
- Powhatan language
- John Smith John Smith (explorer)
- William Strachey
- Jamestown, Virginia
- Proto-Algonquian Proto-Algonquian language
- Australia
- Australian marsupials Australidelphia
- Ancient Greek
Evolution
- Living fossils Living fossil
- Therian Theria
- Miocene
- Oligocene
- Alphadon
- Peradectes
- Herpetotherium
- Pucadelphys
- Plesiomorphies
- Metatheria
- Amazonia Amazon rainforest
- Ecological niches
- Paucituberculatans Paucituberculata
- Sparassodonts
- Didelphis
- Sparassodont
- Pliocene
- Carnivorans
- Lutreolina
Characteristics
- Arboreal
- Omnivores Omnivore
- Snouts Snout
- Braincase Cranium
- Sagittal crest
- Dental formula Dentition
- Mammalian Mammal
- Tricuspid Dental anatomy
- Plantigrade
- Feet Foot
- Opposable digit Thumb
- Claw
- New World monkeys New World monkey
- Prehensile tails Prehensility
- Scutes Scute
- Stomach
- Cecum
- Penis
- Glandes Glans penis
- Omnivores
- Caluromyinae
- Frugivorous
- Lutrine opossum
- Patagonian opossum
- Water opossum
- Thylophorops
- Scansorial
- Glironiinae Glironia
- Metachirus
- Monodelphis
Diet
Range and habitat
Hunting and foodways
- United States
- "Possum and 'Taters" banquet Frank Park
- Atlanta
- William Howard Taft
- Jimmy Carter
- Dominica
- Grenada
- Trinidad
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
- Common opossum
- Nahuatl language Nahuatl
- Folk remedy Alternative medicine
- Yucatec Mayan language Yucatec Maya language
- Essential fatty acids Essential fatty acid
- Arthritis
- Fur trade
Classification
- American Society of Mammalogists
- Bushy-tailed opossum
- Caluromys
- Bare-tailed woolly opossum
- Derby's woolly opossum
- Brown-eared woolly opossum
- Caluromysiops
- Black-shouldered opossum
- Hyladelphinae
- Hyladelphys
- Kalinowski's mouse opossum
- Sairadelphys
- Didelphinae
- Metachirini
- Aritana's brown four-eyed opossum Aritana's brown four-eyed opossum?action=edit&redlink=1
- Common brown four-eyed opossum Common brown four-eyed opossum?action=edit&redlink=1
- Chironectes
- Lutreolina biforata Lutreolina biforata?action=edit&redlink=1
- Big lutrine opossum
- Lutreolina materdei Lutreolina materdei?action=edit&redlink=1
- Massoia's lutrine opossum
- Lutreolina tracheia Lutreolina tracheia?action=edit&redlink=1
- Hyperdidelphys Hyperdidelphys?action=edit&redlink=1
- Hyperdidelphys dimartinoi Hyperdidelphys dimartinoi?action=edit&redlink=1
- Hyperdidelphys inexpectata Hyperdidelphys inexpectata?action=edit&redlink=1
- Hyperdidelphys parvula Hyperdidelphys parvula?action=edit&redlink=1
- Hyperdidelphys pattersoni Hyperdidelphys pattersoni?action=edit&redlink=1
- White-eared opossum
- Big-eared opossum
- Guianan white-eared opossum
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Opossum
Top relations
related to Classification · 176
Opossum → Abello, Agile, Alston's, Amazonian, Ameghino, American Society, Andean, Anthony's, Argentine, Bare-tailed, Big-eared, Black, Bolivian, Brazilian, Brown-eared, Buff-bellied, Caluromys, Caluromysiops, Carr's, Chacoan
related to Evolution · 27
Opossum → Alphadon, Amazonia, Before, But, Didelphis, Herpetotherium, Hyperdidelphys, It, Large, Lutreolina, Many, Marmosa, Metatheria, Miocene, Miocene-Pliocene, Most, Oligocene, Opossums, Peradectes, Pucadelphys
related to Hunting and foodways · 22
Opossum → American South, Atlanta, Caribbean, Grenada, Grenadines, Historically, In, In Dominica, It, Possum, President Jimmy Carter, President-elect William Howard Taft, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent, South Carolina, Sweet, Taters, The, Trinidad, United States
related to Etymology · 19
Opossum → Australia, Australian, Both, English, Europeans, Following, Jamestown, John Smith, Phalangeriformes, Possum, Powhatan, Proto-Algonquian, Smith, Strachey, Strachey's, The, The Powhatan, Virginia, William Strachey
related to Reproduction and life cycle · 13
Opossum → As, Australian, Baby, Conjugate, Female, Greek, Once, Opossums, Senescence, The, They, This, Virginia
related to Diet · 11
Opossum → Crotalinae, Didelphin, Didelphini, In, Many, New World, Opossums, Similar, Some, The, This
related to Behavior · 9
Opossum → As, In, Opossums, Some, The, These, This, Though, When
related to Range and habitat · 8
Opossum → Canada, Central, Central America, North, Opossums, South America, The Virginia, United States
related to Characteristics · 7
Opossum → By, Didelphimorphs, Like, Most, New World, The, They
related to External links · 6
Opossum → Museum, New Zealand Te Papa, Opossums, Possums, TongarewaView, UCSC Genome Browser
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Important terminology
opossums et al reig genus northern 1952 thylophorops marshall hesperocynus sparassocynus species didelphis ameghino goin gray 2009 virginia like mouse
Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples
Extracted RDF-like relationships with confidence and source. The table includes structured facts and lower-confidence contextual relations.| Subject | Predicate | Object | Confidence | Src |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opossum | is a | only species found in the United States and Canada | 0.90 | text |
| kangaroos.Didelphimorphia comes from Ancient Greek δι | instance of | which are more closely related to other Australian marsupials | 0.80 | text |
| paucituberculatans | instance of | the ecological niches presently occupied by opossums were occupied by other groups of metatherians | 0.80 | text |
| sparassodonts | instance of | the ecological niches presently occupied by opossums were occupied by other groups of metatherians | 0.80 | text |
| mongooses | instance of | Similar adaptations are seen in other small predatory mammals | 0.80 | text |
| hedgehogs | instance of | Similar adaptations are seen in other small predatory mammals | 0.80 | text |
| Opossum | related to Behavior | Opossums | 0.60 | section |
| Opossum | related to Behavior | Some | 0.60 | section |
| Opossum | related to Behavior | Though | 0.60 | section |
| Opossum | related to Behavior | As | 0.60 | section |
| Opossum | related to Behavior | These | 0.60 | section |
| Opossum | related to Behavior | When | 0.60 | section |
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Nodes316
Edges315
Triples304
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.006329
Components1
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