Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
     Order Didelphimorphia Gill, 1872
       Family Didelphidae Gray, 1821 - American opossums
         Subfamily Didelphinae Gray, 1821
           Genus Didelphis Linnaeus, 1758 - large American opossums
             Didelphis virginiana Kerr, 1792 - Virginia opossum
               1 [Didelphis virginiana virginiana]ᵀ Kerr, 1792
               2 Didelphis virginiana californica Bennett, 1833
               3 Didelphis virginiana pigra Bangs, 1898
               4 Didelphis virginiana yucatanensis Allen, 1901