Mammalia - Didelphimorphia - Didelphidae
Synonym: Didelphina Gray 1825
Parent taxon: Didelphidae according to J. L. Patton et al. 1996
See also Clemens 1979, Gray 1825, Hay 1930, Hooker 1986, Krishtalka and Stucky 1983, Krishtalka and Stucky 1983, McKenna and Bell 1997 and Wilson and Reeder 2005
Sister taxa: Caluromyinae, Caroloameghiana, Cladodidelphys, Cryptonanus, Dasyurina, Derorhynchinae, Dimerodon, Eobrasiliinae, Herpetotheriinae, Hyladelphinae, Marmosinae, Marmosops, Marmosopsini, Peratotherium, Sparassocyninae, Sparassocynini, Thlaeodontinae, Thylamyinae
Subtaxa: Chacodelphys Didelphini Didelphis Hyladelphys Metachirini Mirandaia
Type: Didelphis
Ecology: scansorial omnivore-carnivore
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Argentina (7 collections), Bolivia (1), Brazil (6), Mexico (3), Panama (1), Peru (2), United States (40: Florida, Georgia, Iowa, Missouri, Ohio, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia), Uruguay (3), Venezuela (2)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Venezuela (1)
• Pliocene of Argentina (33), Venezuela (1)
• Huayquerian of Argentina (8)
• Miocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1)
• Miocene of Argentina (3), Brazil (2), Colombia (1), Peru (1)
• Eocene of United States (2: Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 118 collections including 148 occurrences