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Didelphis (large American opossum)

Mammalia - Didelphimorphia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Didelphis Linnaeus p. 54
1811Didelphys Illiger p. 75
1825Didelphis Gray p. 340
1860Didelphys Leidy p. 116
1894Didelphys Lydekker p. 271
1902Didelphis Hay p. 570
1908Didelphys Lambe
1914Didelphys Rovereto p. 85
1952Didelphis Sherman p. 87
1974Didelphis Martin and Webb p. 54
1980Didelphis Kurten and Anderson p. 101
1986Didelphis Hooker p. 215
1994Didelphis Springer et al. p. 86
1996Didelphis Patton et al. p. 4
1997Didelphis McKenna and Bell
2005Didelphis Martin and Rauhut
2005Didelphis Wilson and Reeder
2010Didelphis Ladaveze and Muizon
2019Didelphis Albright et al. p. 153

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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()
RankNameAuthor
infraorderCynodontia()
Mammaliamorpha
Mammaliaformes
classMammalia
Theriamorpha(Rowe 1993)
Theriiformes()
Trechnotheria
Cladotheria
Zatheria
subclassTribosphenida()
subclassTheria
subclassMetatheria()
Marsupialiformes
Marsupialia()
AmeridelphiaSzalay 1982
orderDidelphimorphiaGill 1872
Didelphidae()
subfamilyDidelphinaeGray 1827
genusDidelphis

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.

G. Didelphis Linnaeus 1758 [large American opossum]
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Didelphis albiventris Lund 1840 [white-eared opossum]
Didelphis aurita Wied-Neuwied 1826 [Big-eared opossum]
Didelphis crucialis Ameghino 1904
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Invalid names: Hyperdidelphys brachyodonta Reig 1952 [synonym]
Didelphis marsupialis Linnaeus 1758 [common opossum]
Didelphis solimoensis Couzzol et al. 2006
Didelphis virginiana Kerr 1792 [Virginia opossum]
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Didelphys abrupta Ameghino 1904
Didelphys biforata Ameghino 1904
Didelphys chapalmalensis Ameghino 1908
Didelphys grandaeva Ameghino 1889
Didelphys inexpectata Ameghino 1889
Didelphys juga Ameghino 1889
Didelphys lujanensis Ameghino 1889
Didelphys perplana Ameghino 1904
Didelphys tracheia Rovereto 1914
Didelphys triforata Ameghino 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available