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DidelphinaeAmerican opossums
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Classification
- Kingdom Animalia animals
- Phylum Chordata chordates
- Subphylum Vertebrata vertebrates
- Class Mammalia mammals
- Order Didelphimorphia American marsupials
- Family Didelphidae American opossums and opossums
- Subfamily Didelphinae American opossums
Related Taxa
- Species Chironectes minimus water opossum
- Species Cryptonanus chacoensis
- Species Didelphis albiventris white-eared opossum
- Species Didelphis aurita big-eared opossum
- Species Didelphis imperfecta Guianan white-eared opossum
- Species Didelphis marsupialis southern opossum
- Species Didelphis pernigra Andean white-eared opossum
- Species Didelphis virginiana Virginia opossum
- Species Gracilinanus aceramarcae Aceramarca gracile mouse opossum
- Species Gracilinanus agilis agile gracile mouse opossum
- Species Gracilinanus dryas wood sprite gracile mouse opossum
- Species Gracilinanus emiliae Emilia's gracile mouse opossum
- Species Gracilinanus marica northern gracile mouse opossum
- Species Gracilinanus microtarsus Brazilian gracile mouse opossum
- Species Lestodelphys halli Patagonian opossum
- Species Lutreolina crassicaudata lutrine opossum
- Species Marmosa andersoni Anderson's mouse opossum
- Species Marmosa isthmica
- Species Marmosa lepida little rufous mouse opossum
- Species Marmosa mexicana Mexican mouse opossum
- Species Marmosa robinsoni Robinson's mouse opossum
- Species Marmosa rubra red mouse opossum
- Species Marmosa tyleriana Tyler's mouse opossum
- Species Marmosa xerophila dryland mouse opossum
- Species Marmosa zeledoni
- Species Marmosops fuscatus gray-bellied slender mouse opossum
- Species Marmosops incanus gray slender mouse opossum
- Species Metachirus nudicaudatus brown four-eyed opossum
- Species Monodelphis adusta sepia short-tailed opossum
- Species Monodelphis brevicaudata red-legged short-tailed opossum
- Species Monodelphis dimidiata southern short-tailed opossum
- Species Monodelphis domestica gray short-tailed opossum
- Species Monodelphis emiliae Emilia's short-tailed opossum
- Species Monodelphis glirina Amazonian red-sided opossum
- Species Monodelphis kunsi pygmy short-tailed opossum
- Species Monodelphis palliolata hooded red-sided opossum
- Species Monodelphis umbristriatus red three-striped opossum
- Species Philander andersoni black four-eyed opossum
- Species Philander deltae
- Species Philander frenatus
- Species Philander mcilhennyi
- Species Philander olrogi
- Species Philander opossum gray four-eyed opossum
- Species Thylamys elegans elegant fat-tailed opossum
- Species Thylamys karimii Karimi's fat-tailed mouse opossum
- Species Thylamys macrurus Paraguayan fat-tailed mouse opossum
- Species Thylamys pallidior pallid fat-tailed opossum
- Species Thylamys pusillus common fat-tailed mouse opossum
- Species Thylamys sponsorius Argentine fat-tailed mouse opossum
- Species Thylamys tatei Tate's fat-tailed mouse opossum
- Species Thylamys velutinus velvety fat-tailed opossum
- Species Thylamys venustus buff-bellied fat-tailed mouse opossum
- Species Tlacuatzin canescens gray mouse opossum
To cite this page: Myers, P., R. Espinosa, C. S. Parr, T. Jones, G. S. Hammond, and T. A. Dewey. 2024. The Animal Diversity Web (online). Accessed at https://animaldiversity.org.
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