Order Didelphimorphia Author Wilson, Don E. Author Reeder, DeeAnn text 2005 The Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore Mammal Species of the World: a Taxonomic and Geographic Reference (3 rd Edition), Volume 1 3 18 book chapter 0-8018-8221-4 10.5281/zenodo.7316519 Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758 Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758 , Syst. Nat., 10th ed., Vol. 1: 54 . Type Locality: "America;" restricted to Surinam ( Thomas, 1911 a ) . Vernacular Names: Common Opossum . Subspecies: : Subspecies Didelphis marsupialis subsp. marsupialis Linnaeus 1758 Subspecies Didelphis marsupialis subsp. caucae J. A. Allen 1900 Distribution: Tamaulipas , México , south throughout Central and South America to Perú , Bolivia , and Brazil . Conservation: IUCN – Lower Risk (lc). Discussion: Middle American populations were revised by Gardner (1973) ; Cerqueira (1985) treated the species as monotypic; carcinophaga Boddaert, 1784, is an invalid emendation of karkinophaga Zimmermann.