Chordata: Mammalia: Marsupicarnivora: Didelphidae: Didelphis virginiana [return to Home Page]

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Scientific name: Chordata: Mammalia: Marsupicarnivora: Didelphidae: Didelphis virginiana
Common Name: Virginia O'Possum

Country: USA
State/District: VA
County: Fairfax
Date:

Photographer: E. M. Barrows

Identifier: E. M. Barrows
Collector: not applicable
Location:
Keywords: A DMWP030907 DMWP FEma gray mammal white mammal
Additional Information:


This dead young O’Possum was along a roadside.   It might be a bicycle or automobile victim.   Beneficial bot flies are starting to recycle the nutrients in this mammal.

To see many other organisms that I saw at DMWP on 7 September 2003, please use the keyword DMWP030907.


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