3D scan of the skeleton of a Large American Opossum (Didelphis sp.).
The Large American opossums are cat-sized omnivorous marsupials, which can be recognized by their prehensile tails and their tendency to feign death when cornered. They live in North, Central, and South America and the largest species, the Virginia opossum (Didelphis virginiana), is the only marsupial to be found in North America north of Mexico. Opossums generally live in areas like forests, shrubland, mangrove swamps, rainforests and eucalyptus forests eating insects, rodents, birds, eggs, frogs, plants, fruits and grain.
Specimen: Didelphis sp.
Inventory number: C 127
Collection: Natural History Museum University of Pisa
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Scanned and edited by Marco Merella and Enrique Sierra
Scanner: Artec Spider
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