It's cold and flu season here in the Northern Hemisphere - this cute #opossum says, "don't forget to wash your hands well...and often!"😀 🧼 🚿 🤧 👐 😷 🐾 🌬️ 🫖 🦠 🧬 🧪 🧫 💉 🩺 💊 🩻 #Mammalia #Marsupialia #Didelphimorphia #Didelphidae #Didelphis #urbanwildlife #wildlife

Pavan 𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘭. (2024) look at mammalian diversity in the eastern Andean slopes, a biodiversity hotspot with high conservation priority, with high endemicity and new species of mammals revealed through DNA barcoding. Read the full study here: buff.ly/GLwWblD #Didelphimorphia #Peru #Rodentia #Yungas

Male #oppossums boast a forked penis and twinned sperm joined at the head. #Didelphimorphia indeed #Mammalfact #mammalogy