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Species
Least ConcernSpecies
- PhylumChordata
- ClassMammalia
- OrderDidelphimorphia
- FamilyDidelphidae
Maximum longevity: 4 years (captivity) Observations: One captive animal lived 4 years (Richard Weigl 2005).
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- taxon rank
- species
- IUCN conservation status
- Least Concern
- Commons category
- Didelphis aurita
- taxon name
- Didelphis aurita
- taxon common name
- Großohropossum
- longest observed lifespan
- 4
- taxon range
- Brazil
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Encyclopedic overview
The big-eared opossum (Didelphis aurita), also known as a saruê, or the gambá, is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
This species, which was considered a population of the common opossum (D. marsupialis) for some time, was originally described as D. azarae by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1824, but this name was incorrectly given to the white-eared opossum (D. albiventris) for over 160 years. As such, the name azarae has been abandoned.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Big-eared opossum” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.