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Didelphis albiventris (white-eared opossum)

Osteichthyes - Didelphimorphia

Taxonomy
Didelphis albiventris was named by Lund (1840). It is extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. brachiodonta, D. brachyodonta, D. reigi, D. virginianus
Entered
by J. Alroy on 2012-05-10

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Didelphis albiventris Lund
1984Didelphis albiventris Seluja et al. p. 702
1999Didelphis albiventris Cáceres and Monteiro-Filho p. 462

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
classOsteichthyes
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
—Tetrapoda
—Reptiliomorpha
—Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
—Cotylosauria()
—Amniota
subclassSynapsida
RankNameAuthor
—Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
—Mammaliamorpha
—Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
—Cladotheria
—Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
—Marsupialiformes
—Marsupialia()
—AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDidelphimorphiaGill 1872
—Didelphidae()
subfamilyDidelphinaeGray 1827
genusDidelphis
speciesalbiventrisLund 1840

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Didelphis albiventris Lund 1840 [white-eared opossum]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available