---
title: "Tlacuache sureño"
description: "Didelphis marsupialis — Mamíferos. No summary available."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/es/animal/southern-opossum
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Tlacuache sureño

> Didelphis marsupialis — Mamíferos. No summary available.

- Scientific name: *Didelphis marsupialis*
- Category: `mammals` (Mamíferos)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 6964
- Wikidata: [Q194663](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194663)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42649](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42649)

## Names

- en: Southern Opossum
- de: Südopossum
- es: Tlacuache sureño
- fr: Opossum commun
- nl: Zuidelijke opossum
- pt: Gambá-comum
- pl: Dydelf północny

## Countries with the most observations

CO (1240), CR (691), EC (450), PA (349), MX (223), HN (217), BR (209), GF (127), PE (122), TT (100), NI (92), VE (92)

## Photo

![Tlacuache sureño](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/southern-opossum/medium.jpg)

Photo: Soetjipto Verkuijl · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/155882287

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/southern-opossum?lang=es` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).