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Didelphini

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1979Didelphini Crochet
1983Didelphini Krishtalka and Stucky p. 208
1986Didelphini Hooker p. 212
1996Didelphini Patton et al. p. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
phylumChordataHaeckel 1874
subphylumVertebrata
superclassGnathostomata
Osteichthyes()
subclassSarcopterygii()
subclassDipnotetrapodomorpha(Nelson 2006)
subclassTetrapodomorpha()
Tetrapoda
Reptiliomorpha
Anthracosauria
subclassAmphibiosauriaKuhn 1967
Cotylosauria()
Amniota
subclassSynapsida
Therapsida()
infraorderCynodontia()
RankNameAuthor
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDidelphimorphiaGill 1872
Didelphidae()
subfamilyDidelphinaeGray 1827
tribeDidelphiniCrochet 1979
tribeDidelphiniCrochet 1979

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.

Tr. Didelphini Crochet 1979
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G. Chironectes Illiger 1811 [water opossum]
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Chironectes minimus Zimmermann 1780
G. †Hyperdidelphys Ameghino 1904
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Hyperdidelphys acutidens Ameghino 1904
Hyperdidelphys dimartinoi Goin and Pardiñas 1996
Hyperdidelphys inexpectata Ameghino 1889
Hyperdidelphys parvula Ameghino 1904
Invalid names: Paradidelphys Ameghino 1904 [synonym]
G. Lutreolina Thomas 1910 [lutrine opossum]
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Lutreolina biforata Ameghino 1904
Lutreolina crassicaudata Desmarest 1804 [lutrine opossum]
Lutreolina materdei Goin and De los Reyes 2011
Lutreolina tonnii Goin and De Los Reyes 2023
Lutreolina tracheia Rovereto 1914
G. Philander Brisson 1762 [four-eyed opossum]
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Philander centralis Hollister 1914
Philander entrerianus Ameghino 1899
Philander frenatus Olfers 1818
Philander mcilhennyi Gardner and Patton 1972
Philander opossum Linnaeus 1758 [gray four-eyed opposum]
Philander opposum Linnaeus 1758
G. †Thylophorops Reig 1952
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Thylophorops chapalmalensis Ameghino 1908
Thylophorops lorenzinii Goin et al. 2009
Thylophorops perplana Ameghino 1904
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Invalid names: Paradidelphys nodosa Ameghino 1904 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available