Vertebrata Cuvier, 1812 - vertebrates
   Gnathostomata
     Teleostomi
       Tetrapoda Hatschek & Cori 1896 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988]
         Amniota Haeckel, 1866 [Gauthier, Kluge & Rowe 1988] - amniotes
           Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
             Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
               Theria of Metatherian-Eutherian grade
                 Infraclass Metatheria Huxley, 1880 [monotypic]
                   Order Marsupialia Jameson, 1818 - marsupials see Cohort Marsupialia Jameson, 1818
                     Australasian Marsupialia
                       Suborder Diprotodonta Owen, 1866 see Order Diprotodontia Owen, 1866
                         Superfamily Phalangeroidea Thomas, 1888 see Suborder Phalangeriformes Szalay, 1982
                           Family Burramyidae Broom, 1898 - pygmy possums