-
animal swims,
propelled by its tail and
webbed back feet.
Unlike other didelphids, the
water opossum does not have a cloaca. The
water opossum has several...
- extinct. It has been
suggested that the size and
shape of the
ancestral didelphid's jaw
would most
closely match that of the
modern Marmosa genus. Didelphimorphs...
- in
recent years has led to the
conclusion that
microbiotheres are not
didelphids at all, but are
instead most
closely related to the
Australasian marsupials;...
-
marsupials that look like mice.
Dromiciops have the same
dental formula as
Didelphids: 5.1.3.44.1.3.4, a
total of 50 teeth.
Their size
ranges from 16–42 g (0...
- Giannini,
Norberto P. (2016). "Phylogeny and
evolution of body m**** in
didelphid marsupials (Marsupialia: Didelphimorphia: Didelphidae)".
Organisms Diversity...
-
occasionally canids and hyaenids, and it has been
recently observed in
small didelphids. Cats use this
technique to kill prey
while dogs and
hyenas use this to...
- the
conclusion that
microbiotheriids and
other microbiotheres are not
didelphids at all, but are
instead most
closely related to the
Australasian marsupials;...
-
developed at
birth are
found in dasyurids,
intermediate ones are
found in
didelphids and peramelids, and the most
developed are in macropods.
Despite the lack...
- Postures, locomotion, and
grooming behaviours are
similar to
those of
other didelphids. They also can
carry nest
materials using their short prehensile tails...
- Jansa, S. A. (2009). "Phylogenetic
relationships and
classification of
didelphid marsupials, an
extant radiation of New
World metatherian mammals". Bulletin...
