Didelphys juga Ameghino 1889 (large American opossum)

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae

Full reference: F. Ameghino. 1889. Contribución al conocimiento de los mamíferos fósiles de la República Argentina [Contribution to the knowledge of the fossil mammals of the Argentine Republic]. Actas de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias de la República Argentina en Córdoba 6:xxxii-1027

Belongs to Didelphys according to F. Ameghino 1889

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 juga in the database

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