†Didelphys abrupta Ameghino 1904 (large American opossum)
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Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1904. Nuevas especies de mamíferos, cretáceos y terciarios de la República Argentina [New species of mammals, Cretaceous and Tertiarty, from the Argentine Republic]. Anales de la Sociedad Cientifica Argentina 56–58:1-142
Belongs to Didelphys according to F. Ameghino 1904
See also Rovereto 1914
Sister taxa: Didelphis albiventris, Didelphis aurita, Didelphis crucialis, Didelphis marsupialis, Didelphis solimoensis, Didelphis virginiana, Didelphys
Ecology: scansorial omnivore-carnivore
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Didelphys abrupta in the database
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