Didelphid marsupials are considered a morphologically unspecialized group with a
generalist diet that includes vertebrates, invertebrates, and plant matter. While cranium and …

Didelphids are considered morphologically conservative and unspecialized; however,
information about different morphological systems is not equally available among its …

Opossums of the genus Didelphis include the largest living species of New World
marsupials. Although species of the genus have been morphometrically analyzed …

Abstract The New World family Didelphidae, the basal lineage within marsupials, is
commonly viewed as morphologically conservative, yet includes aquatic, terrestrial …

Although didelphid marsupials are considered to have a conservative body shape, they
show a considerable amount of size variation. They also have different diets (from frugivore …

The southern short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis dimidiata, is a species known not only for
its semelparous life cycle, but also for the extreme sexual dimorphism of adults, where males …

Opossums of the genus Didelphis comprise six species representing the largest American
marsupials. Although the monophyly of the species of the genus, as well as that of the genus …

We analysed mandible shape of the orders Dasyuromorpha, Didelphimorphia, and
Carnivora using two-dimensional geometric morphometrics, in order to explore the …

Abstract Most extant New World marsupials belong in the Didelphidae, which comprises ca.
110 currently recognized species of opossums. Didelphids are small mammals with their …

The diversity of items consumed by modern didelphids, varying from mostly fruits in
Caluromys Allen to mostly small vertebrates in Lutreolina O. Thomas, may cause changes in …