- 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...
-
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...
- 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;...
- The
least developed are
found in dasyurids,
intermediates are
found in
didelphids and peramelids, and the most
developed are macropods. The
newborn crawls...
- "American
Eocene Didelphids."
American Museum Novitates, no. 37, pp. 1-7, 1928. Simpson,
George ****lord. "American
Eocene Didelphids."
American Museum...
-
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...
-
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...
- the
conclusion that
microbiotheriids and
other microbiotheres are not
didelphids at all, but are
instead most
closely related to the
Australasian marsupials;...
- swimming. It has
agile and
swift movements, and
seems more
alert than
other didelphids. Gray four-e****
opossums build nests out of dry
leaves in
hollow trees...
- Peradectes, Thylacodon, and Nanodelphys.
Though no
longer believed to be
didelphids, the opossum-like
Peradectes and its
relatives in
Peradectidae may represent...
