Concise hierarchy

(Kingdom) Animalia - (Phylum) Chordata - (Class) Mammalia - (Order) Didelphimorphia

Subsequent positions

Didelphimorphia (Order) Gill, 1872

Original entries

Questionably †Alphadontinae (Subfamily) Marshall, Case & Woodburne, 1990
Questionably †Bistius (Genus) Clemens & Lillegraven, 1986
Questionably Caluromyinae (Subfamily) Kirsch & Reig, 1977
Questionably †Derorhynchinae (Subfamily) Marshall, 1987
Questionably Didelphinae (Subfamily) Gray, 1821
Questionably †Eobrasiliinae (Subfamily) Marshall, 1987
Questionably †Esteslestes (Genus) Novacek, Ferrusquia-Villafranca, Flynn, Wyss & Norell, 1991
Questionably †Herpetotheriinae (Subfamily) Trouessart, 1879
Questionably †Peradectinae (Subfamily) Crochet, 1979
Questionably †Turgidodon (Genus) Cifelli, 1990
Questionably †Varalphadon (Genus) Johanson, 1996

Current position

Didelphoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821

Ref: É.V. Oliveira et al., 2021: fig. 6.

Alternative positions

Didelphimorphia (Order) Gill, 1872	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Didelphoidea (Suborder) Gray, 1821	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 628.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991: 12.
Marsupicarnivora (Order) Ride, 1964	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1017.

Historical positions

Didelphoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: É.V. Oliveira et al., 2021: fig. 6.
Didelphimorphia (Order) Gill, 1872	Ref: C.J. Burgin et al., 2020: table 2 (p. 26).
Didelphoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: L.M. Carneiro et al., 2018: fig. 5.
Didelphimorphia (Order) Gill, 1872	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2015: 443.
Didelphimorphia (Order) Gill, 1872	Ref: D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder, 2011: 56.
Didelphimorphia (Order) Gill, 1872	Ref: A.L. Gardner, 2005: 3.
Didelphimorphia (Order) Gill, 1872	Ref: M.J. Benton, 2005: 400.
Didelphimorphia (Order) Gill, 1872	Ref: M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell, 1997: 68.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: 1995
Didelphimorphia (Order) Gill, 1872	Ref: A.L. Gardner, 1993: 15; 4.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991: 9.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: R.M. Nowak, 1991: 12, 14.
Didelphoidea (Suborder) Gray, 1821	Ref: R.L. Carroll, 1988: 628.
Marsupicarnivora (Order) Ride, 1964	Ref: A.F. DeBlase, 1982: 1017.
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: T.I. Storer et al., 1979
Marsupialia (Order) Jameson, 1818	Ref: W. Fiedler et al., 1973: [609].
Didelphoidea (Superfamily) Gray, 1821	Ref: G.G. Simpson, 1945

Number of Subtaxa

2024	Available in Systema Naturae 2000	18g;87s;65ss; †7g
1989-present	Systema Naturae 2000	17g;87s;65ss; †38g
2011	D.E. Wilson & D.M. Reeder: 56	18g;93s
2005	A.L. Gardner	[17g;87s;65ss]
1997	M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell	[14g; †38g]
1993	A.L. Gardner	15g;63s
1991	R.M. Nowak	11g;77s
1991	G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill	[14g];~75s
1982	A.F. DeBlase	11g;70s
1973	W. Fiedler et al.	12g;76s;163ss