Big-eared Opossum

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status = LC
status_system = iucn3.1
status_ref = IUCN2006|assessors=New World Marsupial Specialist Group|year=1996|id=40500|title=Didelphis aurita|downloaded=12 May 2006 Database entry includes justification for why this species is of least concern]
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Mammalia
ordo = Didelphimorphia
familia = Didelphidae
subfamilia = Didelphinae
genus = "Didelphis"
species = "D. aurita"
binomial = "Didelphis aurita"
binomial_authority = Wied-Neuwied, 1826

The Big-eared Opossum ("Didelphis aurita") is an opossum species from South America. It is found in Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.

This species, which was considered a population of the Common Opossum ("D. marsupialis") for some time, was originally described as "D. azarae" by Coenraad Jacob Temminck in 1824, but this name was incorrectly given to the White-eared Opossum ("D. albiventris") for over 160 years. As such, the name "azarae" has been abandoned.

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