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title: "White-eared Opossum"
description: "Didelphis albiventris — Mammiferi. The white-eared opossum, known as the timbu and cassaco in northeast Brazil, saruê and sariguê in Bahia, micurê and mucura in northern Brazil and comadreja overa and zarigüeya in Argentina, is an opossum species found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/it/animal/white-eared-opossum
last_updated: 2026-09-20
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# White-eared Opossum

> Didelphis albiventris — Mammiferi. The white-eared opossum, known as the timbu and cassaco in northeast Brazil, saruê and sariguê in Bahia, micurê and mucura in northern Brazil and comadreja overa and zarigüeya in Argentina, is an opossum species found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.

- Scientific name: *Didelphis albiventris*
- Category: `mammals` (Mammiferi)
- Habitats: `forest` (Foresta), `savanna` (Savana)
- iNaturalist observations: 4517
- Wikidata: [Q194685](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q194685)
- iNaturalist taxon: [42658](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/42658)

## Names

- en: White-eared Opossum
- de: Gemeines Weißohropossum
- es: Comadreja overa
- fr: Opossum à oreilles blanches
- nl: Zuid-Amerikaanse opossum
- pt: Gambá-de-orelha-branca
- pl: Dydelf południowy

## Countries with the most observations

BR (2373), AR (1543), UY (198), PY (75), BO (11)

## Summary

The white-eared opossum, known as the timbu and cassaco in northeast Brazil, saruê and sariguê in Bahia, micurê and mucura in northern Brazil and comadreja overa and zarigüeya in Argentina, is an opossum species found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay. It is a terrestrial and, sometimes, arboreal animal, and a habitat generalist, living in a wide range of different habitats.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White-eared_opossum

## Photo

![White-eared Opossum](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/white-eared-opossum/medium.jpg)

Photo: Diego Carús · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/20784885

## Machine access

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