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 Gracilinanus Gardner & Creighton, 1989
            
 1 Gracilinanus aceramarcae (Tate, 1931) - Aceramarca gracile opossum
            
 2 Gracilinanus agilis (Burmeister, 1854) - agile gracile opossum
            
 3 Gracilinanus agricolai (Moojen, 1943) - Agricola's gracile opossum
            
 4 Gracilinanus dryas (Thomas, 1898) - wood sprite gracile opossum
            
 5 Gracilinanus emiliae (Thomas, 1909) - Emilia's gracile opossum
            
 6 Gracilinanus formosus (Shamel, 1930) - pygmy opossum
            
 7 Gracilinanus ignitus Díaz, Flores & Barquez, 2002 - red-bellied gracile opossum
            
 8 Gracilinanus marica (Thomas, 1898) - northern gracile opossum
            
 9 Gracilinanus microtarsus (Wagner, 1842) - Brazilian gracile opossum