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Grey Short-tailed Opossum

(Monodelphis domestica)


  • A - Opossum pups at postnatal day 7 (P7) attached to the mother's abdomen.
  • B - Opossum pup at postnatal day 28 (P28).
  • C - Fully grown opossum.


Links: K12 Animal Development Times | Opossum and pups | Opossum and day 7 pups | Animal Development

Reproductive Facts

  • The average gestation period for opossums is 12 days.

Reference

<pubmed>22073202</pubmed>| PLoS One.

Copyright

© 2011 Wheaton et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.


Figure 1. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0026826.g001 Original image size adjusted and relabeled with text and PMID 22073202.


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