Didelphidae

Kingdom:  Animalia
Phylum:Chordata
Subphylum:Vertebrata
Class:Mammalia
Order:Marsupialia
Superfamily:Didelphoidea
Family:Didelphidae

Genus
  • species -- Common Name

Caluromys
  • derbianus, lanatus, philander -- Woolly opossum
Caluromysiops
  • irrupta -- Black-shouldered opossum
Chironectes
  • minimus -- Water opossum
Delphis
  • albiventris, marsupialis, virginiana -- Large American opossum
Glironia
  • venusta -- Bushy-tailed opossum
Lestodelphys
  • halli -- Patagonian opossum
Lutreolina
  • crassicaudata -- Thick-tailed oposssum
Marmosa Marmosa
  • alstoni, canescens, cinerea, constantiae, cracens, domina, emiliae, fuscata, germana, impavida, incana, invicta, lepida, leucastra, mapiriensis, mexicana, murina, noctivaga, ocellata, phaea, quichua, rapposa, regina, robinsoni, rubra, scapulata, tyleriana, yungasensis, xerophila -- Murine opossum
Marmosa Thylamys
  • aceramarcae, agilis, agricolai, dryas, elegans, formosa, grisea, karimii, marica, microtarsus, pusilla, tatei, unduaviensis, velutina -- Murine opossum
Metachirops
  • mcilhennyi, opossum -- Opossum
Monodelphis Minuania
  • adusta, americana, brevicaudata, dimidiata, domestica, henseli, iheringi, kunsi, maraxina, orinoci, osgoodi, scalops, sorex, theresa, touan, unistriata, umbristriata -- Short-tailed opossum
Philander
  • nudicaudatus -- Brown Four-eyed opossum
Stegomarmosa
  • andersoni -- Murine opossum