Didelphidae

Japanese: Didelphidae
Didelphidae

…Also known as the timber rat or the opossum. A general term for a marsupial belonging to the opossum family Didelphidae, which resembles a mouse with a long tail. There are about 75 species in 11 genera that are distributed from southeastern Canada through the eastern United States and Mexico to Argentina in South America. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Didelphidae" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…別名コモリネズミ,フクロネズミ。長い尾をもつネズミに似た姿のオポッサム科Didelphidaeに属する有袋類の総称。カナダ南東部からアメリカ合衆国東部,メキシコを経て南アメリカのアルゼンチンまで11属約75種が分布する。…

※「Didelphidae」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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