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Didelphidae
Gray, 1821
- American opossums
(mammal)
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Entity:
Didelphoidea (Superfamily)
..†Monodelphopsis (Genus)
..†Sparassocynidae (Family)
..Didelphidae (Family) - American opossums
....†Bistius (Genus)
....Caluromyinae (Subfamily)
....Cryptonanus (Genus)
....Didelphinae (Subfamily)
....†Esteslestes (Genus)
Authorship
Original name
:
Gray, 1821:308.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
:
Didelphimorphia
(Order)
Gill, 1872
Nominotypical taxon [ICZN]
:
Didelphinae
(Subfamily)
Gray, 1821
Variants
Different rank
:
Didelphoidea
(Superfamily)
Gray, 1821
Synonyms
Including
:
Microbiotheriidae
(Family)
Ameghino, 1887
Ref:
G.G. Simpson, 1945
Vernacular Names (Dutch)
Full name
:
opossums
:
buidelratten
Ref:
B. Grzimek (ed.), 1973-1975
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
American opossums
Ref:
G.B. Corbet & J.E. Hill, 1991
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28 Aug 2026