Common Name
Virginia Opossum
Order
Didelphimorphia
Family
Didelphidae
Species Name
Didelphis virginiana
Status
least concern
States
Alabama
Arkansas
Arizona
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia
Iowa
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Maryland
Maine
Michigan
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
Nebraska
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New Mexico
New York
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia
Vermont
Washington
Wisconsin
West Virginia
Distribution
found everywhere except NV, MT, UT, ND, SD, WI, WY
Notes
Nocturnal, introduced to the western states in the early 1900s. Most teeth of North American mammals (50), nocturnal, solitary, can be found near people's houses, omnivrous.
Georgia
Sole GA marsupial with long prehensile tail. Sought for food by some residents.