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Little fren at my fren's home (lemmy.today)
submitted 1 week ago by to c/opossums@lemmy.world
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Pic from Santander, Colombia.

An opossum standing on the wooden beam of a house.

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[–] 4 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Any idea what type of opossum it is? I tried looking up some of the more common Columbian opossums, but none of the photos really matched up.

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  • [–] [S] 5 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Maybe Didelphis marsupialis? Looks similar, black line on the forehead and black ears.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 week ago

    Thanks! Looking them up in both Bing and Google images, I'm wondering if there are either a ton that are mislabeled or these guys just have way more color variation than I'm used to in D. virginianas.

    I totally forgot just how many Didelphidae there are in South America. Thank you for sharing the photo with us!

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    • [–] 3 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    It looks very skinny :(

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  • [–] 1 point 1 week ago

    I was worried initially when I clicked too! It did look hungry or mangey, but I'm guessing it's mostly just having less fur since it's more equatorial than temperate? OP said it is a Common/Southern Opossum, so it's a different species than the one in US/Canada.

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