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Didelphidae
Gray, 1821
- American opossums
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
......................................Batrachosauria
........................................Amniota
..........................................Synapsida
............................................Therapsida
..............................................Theriodontia
................................................Eutheriodontia
..................................................Cynodontia
....................................................Eucynodontia
......................................................Mammaliamorpha
........................................................Mammaliaformes
..........................................................Holotheria
............................................................Class Mammalia - mammals
..............................................................Theriimorpha
................................................................Theriiformes
..................................................................Trechnotheria
....................................................................Cladotheria
......................................................................Zatheria
........................................................................Subclass Boreosphenida
..........................................................................Theria
............................................................................Infraclass Metatheria
..............................................................................Cohort Marsupialia - marsupials
................................................................................Magnorder Ameridelphia
..................................................................................Order Didelphimorphia
....................................................................................Genus †Camptomus
....................................................................................Genus †Iqualadelphis
....................................................................................Subfamily †Adinodontinae
....................................................................................Family †Sparassocynidae
....................................................................................(Family †Gashterniidae)
....................................................................................(Family †Peradectidae)
....................................................................................Family Didelphidae - American opossums
......................................................................................Genus †Bistius
......................................................................................Genus †Esteslestes
......................................................................................Genus †Turgidodon
......................................................................................Genus †Varalphadon
......................................................................................Subfamily †Alphadontinae
......................................................................................Subfamily Caluromyinae
......................................................................................Subfamily †Derorhynchinae
......................................................................................Subfamily Didelphinae
......................................................................................Subfamily †Eobrasiliinae
......................................................................................Subfamily †Herpetotheriinae
......................................................................................Subfamily †Peradectinae
......................................................................................»Genus Caluromys - woolly opossums
......................................................................................»Genus Caluromysiops - black-shouldered opossum
......................................................................................»Genus Chironectes - yapok
......................................................................................»Genus Didelphis - large American opossums
......................................................................................»Genus Dromiciops - monito del monte
......................................................................................»Genus Glironia - bushy-tailed opossums
......................................................................................»Genus Gracilinanus
......................................................................................»Genus Lestodelphys - Patagonian opossum
......................................................................................»Genus Lutreolina - thick-tailed opossum
......................................................................................»Genus Marmosa - murine opossums
......................................................................................»Genus Metachirus - brown "four-eyed" opossum
......................................................................................»Genus Micoureus
......................................................................................»Genus Monodelphis - short-tailed opossums
......................................................................................»Genus Philander - gray and black "four-eyed" opossums
......................................................................................»Genus Thylamys
......................................................................................(Genus Latreolina)
......................................................................................(Genus Lestodelphis)
......................................................................................(Genus Metachirops)
Geography
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Central America
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Omnivore
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012