Opossums

"Opossums" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

MeSH information

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New World marsupials of the family Didelphidae. Opossums are omnivorous, largely nocturnal and arboreal MAMMALS, grow to about three feet in length, including the scaly prehensile tail, and have an abdominal pouch in which the young are carried at birth.

Descriptor ID

D009893

MeSH Number(s)

B01.050.150.900.649.573.575

Concept/Terms

Opossums

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Opossums".

Organisms [B]
Eukaryota [B01]
Animals [B01.050]
Chordata [B01.050.150]
Vertebrates [B01.050.150.900]
Mammals [B01.050.150.900.649]
Marsupialia [B01.050.150.900.649.573]
Opossums [B01.050.150.900.649.573.575]

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publications

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This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Opossums" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Opossums" was a major or minor topic of these publication.

Bar chart showing 33 publications over 19 distinct years, with a maximum of 4 publications in 1994 and 1995

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Year	Major Topic	Minor Topic	Total
1994	0	4	4
1995	0	4	4
1996	0	1	1
1997	0	2	2
1998	0	1	1
1999	1	2	3
2000	0	2	2
2001	0	1	1
2002	0	1	1
2003	0	3	3
2007	2	1	3
2008	0	1	1
2010	0	1	1
2011	0	1	1
2012	0	1	1
2014	0	1	1
2015	0	1	1
2016	0	1	1
2021	1	0	1

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