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Taxon: Subfamily
Didelphinae
(Gray, 1821) Simpson, 1927
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Natura - nature
..Mundus - physical world
....Naturalia - natural bodies
......Biota
........Domain Eukaryota - eukaryotes
..........Unikonta
............Opisthokonta
..............Holozoa
................Kingdom Animalia - animals
..................Epitheliozoa
....................Eumetazoa - eumetazoans
......................Bilateria - bilaterians
........................Eubilateria
..........................Deuterostomia - deuterostomes
............................Phylum Chordata - chordates
..............................Subphylum Vertebrata - vertebrates
................................Infraphylum Gnathostomata - jawed vertebrates
..................................Superclass Tetrapoda - tetrapods
....................................Reptiliomorpha
......................................Batrachosauria
........................................Amniota
..........................................Synapsida
............................................Therapsida
..............................................Theriodontia
................................................Eutheriodontia
..................................................Cynodontia
....................................................Eucynodontia
......................................................Mammaliamorpha
........................................................Mammaliaformes
..........................................................Holotheria
............................................................Class Mammalia - mammals
..............................................................Theriimorpha
................................................................Theriiformes
..................................................................Trechnotheria
....................................................................Cladotheria
......................................................................Zatheria
........................................................................Subclass Boreosphenida
..........................................................................Theria
............................................................................Infraclass Metatheria
..............................................................................Cohort Marsupialia - marsupials
................................................................................Magnorder Ameridelphia
..................................................................................Order Didelphimorphia
....................................................................................Family Didelphidae - American opossums
......................................................................................Genus †Bistius
......................................................................................Genus †Esteslestes
......................................................................................Genus †Turgidodon
......................................................................................Genus †Varalphadon
......................................................................................Subfamily †Alphadontinae
......................................................................................Subfamily Caluromyinae
......................................................................................Subfamily †Derorhynchinae
......................................................................................Subfamily †Eobrasiliinae
......................................................................................Subfamily †Herpetotheriinae
......................................................................................Subfamily †Peradectinae
......................................................................................(Genus Latreolina)
......................................................................................(Genus Lestodelphis)
......................................................................................(Genus Metachirops)
......................................................................................Subfamily Didelphinae
........................................................................................Genus †Andinodelphys
........................................................................................Genus †Coona
........................................................................................Genus †Incadelphys
........................................................................................Genus †Itaboraidelphys
........................................................................................Genus †Marmosopsis
........................................................................................Genus †Mizquedelphys
........................................................................................Genus †Pucadelphys
........................................................................................Tribe Didelphini
........................................................................................Tribe Metachirini
........................................................................................Tribe Monodelphini
........................................................................................»Genus Chironectes - yapok
........................................................................................»Genus Didelphis - large American opossums
........................................................................................»Genus Gracilinanus
........................................................................................»Genus Hyladelphys
........................................................................................»Genus Lestodelphys - Patagonian opossum
........................................................................................»Genus Lutreolina - thick-tailed opossum
........................................................................................»Genus Marmosa - murine opossums
........................................................................................»Genus Marmosops
........................................................................................»Genus Metachirus - brown "four-eyed" opossum
........................................................................................»Genus Micoureus
........................................................................................»Genus Monodelphis - short-tailed opossums
........................................................................................»Genus Philander - gray and black "four-eyed" opossums
........................................................................................»Genus Thylamys
........................................................................................»Genus Tlacuatzin
Authorship
Original name
Gray, 1821:308
Subsequent rank
Simpson, 1927
: 5
Types
Nominotypical taxon of
Didelphidae
(Family)
Gray, 1821
Nominotypical taxon
Didelphini
(Tribe)
(Gray, 1821) Crochet, 1979
Taxonomic positions
Original position
Didelphidae
(Family)
Gray, 1821
Number of Subtaxa
2013
Available in Systema Naturae 2000
14g;82s;49ss; †11g
1989-present
Systema Naturae 2000
14g;82s;49ss; †11g
2005
A.L. Gardner
[14g;82s;49ss]
1997
M.C. McKenna & S.K. Bell
[11g; †11g]
1993
A.L. Gardner
[12g;58s]
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Last updated: 7 Apr 2012