Didelphys

1. DIDELPHYS• KINGDOM : ANIMALIA
• PHYLUM : CHORDATA
• SUBPHYLUM : VERTEBRATA
SUPERCLASS : GNATHOSTOMATA
• CLASS : MAMMALIA
• SUBCLASS : METATHERIA
• ORDER : POLYPROTODONTIA

2. •DIDELPHYS IS
COMMONLY
CALLED
OPOSSUM.
•IT IS A
POUCHED
ANIMAL.

3. • IT IS NOCTURNAL.
• IT IS OMNIVOROUS.

4. • IT LIVES IN
AMERICA .
• IT IS ARBOREAL
IN HABIT.

5. • IT GROWS TO A LENGTH OF 50
CM.
• THE TAIL IS PREHENSILE.

6. • THE HEAD IS PRODUCED
INTO A SNOUT.
• THE LEGS ARE SHORT.

7. • THE FEMALE HAS A
POUCH CALLED
MARSUPIUM ON THE
VENTRAL SIDE.
• THE GESTATION PERIOD
IS VERY SHORT ANT IT IS
12 -14 DAYS ONLY.

8. • THE NEWLY
BORN YOUNG
ONE IS ABOUT
1CM LONG &
IT IS EMBRYO
LIKE.
• THEY ARE
KEPT IN
MARSUPIUM
FOR 50 – 60

9. • MOTHER
OPOSSUM
USUALLY
CARRIES THE
YOUNG ONES ON
THE BACK.
• HUNTING
OPOSSUM IS A
SPORT IN
AMERICA &THE