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Didelphis marsupialis (common opossum)

Osteichthyes - Didelphimorphia

Taxonomy
Didelphis marsupialis was named by Linnaeus (1758) [genotype]. It is extant. It is the type species of Didelphis.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. brachiodonta, D. brachyodonta, D. reigi, D. virginianus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus p. 54
1902Didelphis marsupialis Hay p. 570
1911Didelphis marsupialis Thomas p. 143
1930Didelphis marsupialis Hay p. 394
1970Didelphis marsupialis Dalquest and Roth p. 221
1974Didelphis marsupialis McManus p. 4
1976Didelphis marsupialis Tyndale-Biscoe and MacKenzie p. 249
1999Didelphis marsupialis 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
speciesmarsupialis

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 marsupialis Linnaeus 1758 [common opossum]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean

Composition: phosphaticsubp
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: scansorialf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: carnivoref
Reproduction: viviparoussubc
Created: 2005-06-08 10:11:09
Modified: 2013-05-24 08:50:31
Source: f = family, subc = subclass, c = class, subp = subphylum
References: Lillegraven 1979, Carroll 1988, Nowak 1991, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Irvingtonian to the top of the Holocene or 1.40000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Jalisco) Didelphis marsupialis (20285)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21Mexico (Aguascalientes) Didelphis marsupialis (20283)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Texas) Didelphis marsupialis (225289)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (high glacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Texas) Didelphis marsupialis (93103)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Didelphis marsupialis (74292)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Georgia) Didelphis marsupialis (13066)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Tamaulipas) Didelphis marsupialis (71264)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru Didelphis marsupialis (21689)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Districto Agropecura) Didelphis marsupialis (21687)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Panama Didelphis marsupialis (21691)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela (Guarico) Didelphis marsupialis (21686)