Didelphidae

Didelphis virginiana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Didelphimorphia
Clade: Marsupialiformes Cohors: Marsupialia Ordo: Didelphimorphia

Familia: Didelphidae
Subfamiliae: Caluromyinae – Didelphinae – Glironiinae – Hyladelphinae

[list of subfamiliae after Mammal Diversity Database (2024)]

Name

Didelphidae J.E. Gray, 1821: 308

• Type genus: Didelphus Linnaeus, 1758

References

Primary references

• Gray, J.E. 1821. On the Natural Arrangement of Vertebrose Animals. London Medical Repository 15: 296–310. HathiTrust. Reference page.  

Additional references

• Flores, D.A. 2009. Phylogenetic analyses of postcranial skeletal morphology in didelphid marsupials. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (320)
• Voss, R.S. & Jansa, S.A. 2009. Phylogenetic relationships and classification of didelphid marsupials, an extant radiation of New World metatherian mammals. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (322)
• Wilson, D.E. & Reeder, D.M. (eds.)  2005. Mammal Species of the World: a taxonomic and geographic reference. 3rd edition. The Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore. 2 volumes. 2142 pp. ISBN 978-0-8018-8221-0. Reference page. 

Links

• Didelphidae in Mammal Species of the World.
  Wilson, Don E. & Reeder, DeeAnn M. (Editors) 2005. Mammal Species of the World – A Taxonomic and Geographic Reference. Third edition. ISBN 0-8018-8221-4.
• Mammal Diversity Database. (2024). Mammal Diversity Database (Version 1.12). Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10463715 Treeview of Mammalian Taxonomy Hierarchy

Vernacular names

suomi: Pussirotat, opossumit
italiano: Didelfidi
日本語: オポッサム科
한국어: 주머니쥐과
polski: dydelfowate
svenska: Pungråttor
українська: Опосуми

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