Class Mammalia Linnaeus, 1758 - mammals
Status: extant
   Subclass Theria Parker & Haswell, 1897
  Status: extant
     Order Didelphimorphia Gill, 1872
    Status: extant
       Family Didelphidae Gray, 1821 - American opossums
      Status: extant
         Subfamily Didelphinae Gray, 1821
        Status: extant
           Genus Didelphis Linnaeus, 1758 - large American opossums
          Status: extant
             Didelphis pernigra Allen, 1900 - Andean white-eared opossum
            Status: extant