Oposum
| Opasam Didelphimorphia[1] Julat zaman: Zaman Batu Kapur Akhir - Sekarang | |
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| Opasam Virginia Didelphis virginiana | |
| Pengelasan saintifik | |
| Alam: | Animalia |
| Filum: | Chordata |
| Kelas: | Mamalia |
| Infrakelas: | Marsupialia |
| Order: | Didelphimorphia Gill, 1872 |
| Keluarga: | Didelphidae Gray, 1821 |
Opasam (Jawi: اوڤاسمcode: ms is deprecated ; berasal dari bahasa Powatan[2] turunan akar bahasa Proto-Algongkwi *wa˙p-aʔθemwa bermaksud "[binatang ke-]anjing[an] putih";[3] bahasa Inggeris: opossum[2]) merupakan haiwan marsupial Amerika terbesar di Hemisfera Barat tergolong dalam ordo khusus iaitu Didelphimorphia, dengan 103 atau lebih spesies dalam 19 genus tercabang. Apasam Virginia merupakan haiwan pertama yang dinamakan sebagai oposum; penggunaan nama diterbitkan pada 1610.[4]
Rujukan
- ^ Templat:MSW3 Gardner
- ^ a b Mithun, Marianne (2001). The Languages of Native North America. Cambridge University Press. m/s. 332. ISBN 978-0-521-29875-9.
As Siebert notes, many Algonquian loanwords in English come from Powhatan. One is opossum listed as aposoum 'beast in bigness of a pig and in taste alike' by Strachey and as opassom 'hath a head like a swine...tail like a rat...' by Smith.
- ^ Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged . 2003. HarperCollins Publishers. The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 2010-09-12
- ^ The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. 2000. Houghton Mifflin Company. The Free Dictionary. Retrieved 2010-09-12
