Didelphidae - opossums
 There are about 60 species of opossums in this family. Opossums are marsupials. Marsupials have pouches. When female marsupials give birth, their young are blind, hairless, and helpless. They attach themselves to a teat in their mothers pouch and suckle until they are large enough to emerge from her pouch. Marsupials are found in Australia and North and South America. North American marsupials are members of the Didelphimorphia order. Opossums are the only type of marsupial found in North, Central, and South America. Species include the
western woolly opossum, the
Patagonian opossum, the
brown four-eyed opossum, and the
bushy-tailed opossum.
 Endangered in N.H.
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 Threatened in N.H.
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 Introduced
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 Endangered in U.S.
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 Threatened in U.S.
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