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Philander opossum (gray four-eyed opposum)

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia

Taxonomy
Didelphis opossum was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Metachirus opossum by Thomas (1911); it was recombined as Philander opossum by International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature (1998).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Didelphis opossum Linnaeus p. 55
1911Metachirus opossum Thomas p. 143
1998Philander opossum International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature p. 64

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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
genusPhilander
speciesopossum()

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.

Philander opossum Linnaeus 1758 [gray four-eyed opposum]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available